2.4
16,394
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.88
mean magnitude
9,754
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+
Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.
Largest earthquakes
Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 11.08.1903 04:32 | 80 km | 216 km |
| 7.8 | 09.07.1956 03:11 | 20 km | 183 km |
| 7.1 | 09.02.1948 12:58 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 7.0 | 18.02.1910 05:09 | 150 km | 92 km |
| 6.8 | 12.10.2013 13:11 | 46.9 km | 144 km |
| 6.7 | 08.01.2006 11:34 | 67.2 km | 179 km |
| 6.7 | 02.05.2020 12:51 | 13.5 km | 141 km |
| 6.6 | 25.02.1935 02:51 | 80 km | 56 km |
| 6.6 | 17.05.1908 12:30 | 100 km | 88 km |
| 6.6 | 14.02.1930 18:38 | 130 km | 58 km |
| 6.5 | 16.07.1918 20:03 | 150 km | 60 km |
| 6.5 | 16.12.1937 17:35 | 100 km | 132 km |
| 6.5 | 17.12.1952 23:04 | 25 km | 101 km |
| 6.4 | 01.07.2009 09:30 | 12.3 km | 133 km |
| 6.4 | 24.07.1948 06:03 | 15 km | 63 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 11.10.2026 08:01 | 13.2 km | 115 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 22:33 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 22:21 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 21:50 | 6 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 19:26 | 9 km | 137 km |
| 2.1 | 10.10.2026 17:26 | 7.1 km | 137 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 04:46 | 28.3 km | 152 km |
| 2.0 | 08.10.2026 17:40 | 31.7 km | 120 km |
| 2.2 | 08.10.2026 16:43 | 20.5 km | 119 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 15:50 | 16.8 km | 77 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 15:10 | 24 km | 146 km |
| 2.2 | 07.10.2026 01:37 | 7.4 km | 114 km |
| 4.2 | 06.10.2026 23:50 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2026 14:41 | 12 km | 48 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 10:44 | 46 km | 43 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 02:16 | 31 km | 78 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2026 00:48 | 10 km | 10 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 00:38 | 25 km | 91 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 06:14 | 10.7 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2026 11:49 | 11.8 km | 73 km |
| 3.0 | 24.09.2026 06:50 | 32.5 km | 122 km |
| 2.1 | 23.09.2026 01:34 | 6.3 km | 124 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 03:54 | 0 km | 60 km |
| 2.8 | 18.09.2026 13:40 | 41 km | 130 km |
| 2.4 | 18.09.2026 02:04 | 6.1 km | 84 km |
| 2.3 | 18.09.2026 01:46 | 3 km | 134 km |
| 2.1 | 16.09.2026 21:46 | 7.7 km | 132 km |
| 2.2 | 16.09.2026 16:01 | 5.5 km | 82 km |
| 2.8 | 15.09.2026 08:40 | 9 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 15.09.2026 00:28 | 6 km | 75 km |
| 2.5 | 14.09.2026 12:13 | 11.1 km | 102 km |
| 2.5 | 14.09.2026 08:10 | 5 km | 115 km |
| 3.3 | 13.09.2026 22:05 | 29.5 km | 138 km |
| 3.1 | 12.09.2026 17:43 | 6.8 km | 84 km |
| 2.1 | 12.09.2026 09:11 | 3.6 km | 61 km |
| 2.8 | 12.09.2026 00:10 | 27.3 km | 55 km |
| 1.8 | 11.09.2026 19:59 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 2.4 | 10.09.2026 07:56 | 24.1 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 09.09.2026 12:31 | 12 km | 115 km |
| 2.0 | 08.09.2026 19:16 | 7.6 km | 109 km |
| 2.4 | 07.09.2026 17:39 | 15 km | 85 km |
| 2.2 | 06.09.2026 18:18 | 58.5 km | 99 km |
| 2.8 | 05.09.2026 20:40 | 9.5 km | 30 km |
| 2.9 | 05.09.2026 13:46 | 3 km | 120 km |
| 2.6 | 04.09.2026 14:21 | 12.3 km | 55 km |
| 2.7 | 04.09.2026 03:41 | 8 km | 57 km |
| 2.7 | 03.09.2026 13:20 | 5 km | 39 km |
| 2.3 | 02.09.2026 19:34 | 1 km | 40 km |
| 2.6 | 02.09.2026 15:41 | 20 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 09:39 | 7.2 km | 92 km |
| 2.0 | 02.09.2026 08:26 | 26.1 km | 111 km |
| 2.8 | 02.09.2026 04:25 | 11 km | 89 km |
| 3.2 | 30.08.2026 10:50 | 29.7 km | 91 km |
| 1.9 | 30.08.2026 06:18 | 12.9 km | 109 km |
| 3.0 | 29.08.2026 06:08 | 14.8 km | 115 km |
| 2.9 | 27.08.2026 12:52 | 3 km | 88 km |
| 2.7 | 27.08.2026 07:51 | 29 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 27.08.2026 03:36 | 38.1 km | 129 km |
| 2.4 | 26.08.2026 05:25 | 5.6 km | 38 km |
| 2.6 | 24.08.2026 12:00 | 19.6 km | 72 km |
Method and sources
- What this page counts
- An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
- Location precision
- Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
- Magnitude scales
- The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
- Deduplication
- The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
- Updates
- Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
- Sources
- USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
- Reporting an error
- If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.