2.3
8,087
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1904–2026
record span
2.51
mean magnitude
3,825
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 09.08.1912 01:29 | 15 km | 166 km |
| 7.2 | 08.11.1905 22:06 | 15 km | 117 km |
| 7.2 | 18.03.1953 19:06 | 10 km | 234 km |
| 7.2 | 19.02.1968 22:45 | 6.9 km | 191 km |
| 7.0 | 26.09.1932 19:20 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 7.0 | 04.04.1904 10:26 | 15 km | 175 km |
| 6.9 | 18.04.1928 19:22 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 6.9 | 24.05.2014 09:25 | 8.2 km | 91 km |
| 6.8 | 04.04.1904 10:02 | 15 km | 188 km |
| 6.8 | 06.10.1944 02:34 | 15 km | 214 km |
| 6.8 | 14.04.1928 09:00 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 6.7 | 13.09.1912 23:31 | 15 km | 179 km |
| 6.6 | 06.08.1983 15:43 | 15.2 km | 105 km |
| 6.6 | 18.01.1982 19:27 | 6.6 km | 142 km |
| 6.5 | 08.03.1931 01:50 | 10 km | 209 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 13.10.2026 09:51 | 5.3 km | 123 km |
| 1.6 | 12.10.2026 18:33 | 16.6 km | 75 km |
| 1.8 | 30.09.2026 13:00 | 7.1 km | 114 km |
| 1.5 | 28.09.2026 19:53 | 4.8 km | 100 km |
| 1.7 | 26.09.2026 20:55 | 7 km | 111 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2026 19:30 | 7 km | 112 km |
| 1.1 | 26.09.2026 02:41 | 15.4 km | 45 km |
| 1.5 | 23.09.2026 10:37 | 9.2 km | 49 km |
| 1.1 | 21.09.2026 11:11 | 7 km | 133 km |
| 1.9 | 20.09.2026 06:32 | 6.6 km | 85 km |
| 1.5 | 14.09.2026 18:49 | 12.6 km | 123 km |
| 1.4 | 11.09.2026 20:52 | 5 km | 40 km |
| 1.3 | 10.09.2026 22:29 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 1.4 | 10.09.2026 08:12 | 5.3 km | 134 km |
| 1.9 | 09.09.2026 17:50 | 20.2 km | 71 km |
| 1.6 | 09.09.2026 15:08 | 16.8 km | 84 km |
| 0.8 | 06.09.2026 08:15 | 5.1 km | 121 km |
| 2.2 | 05.09.2026 20:20 | 8 km | 126 km |
| 2.1 | 05.09.2026 09:43 | 9 km | 138 km |
| 1.7 | 04.09.2026 03:50 | 9.8 km | 95 km |
| 1.5 | 03.09.2026 20:02 | 12.4 km | 91 km |
| 2.6 | 03.09.2026 05:46 | 2 km | 139 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2026 01:25 | 17.1 km | 122 km |
| 1.2 | 03.09.2026 00:32 | 2.8 km | 118 km |
| 1.2 | 02.09.2026 07:04 | 5.6 km | 119 km |
| 1.9 | 02.09.2026 06:15 | 3.4 km | 130 km |
| 1.9 | 01.09.2026 23:15 | 5 km | 142 km |
| 1.3 | 01.09.2026 13:22 | 12.3 km | 123 km |
| 0.6 | 31.08.2026 00:33 | 13.9 km | 130 km |
| 1.6 | 30.08.2026 07:48 | 6.9 km | 124 km |
| 1.7 | 29.08.2026 09:18 | 5.1 km | 123 km |
| 1.1 | 29.08.2026 01:49 | 10.2 km | 120 km |
| 1.2 | 28.08.2026 01:29 | 13.7 km | 102 km |
| 1.6 | 28.08.2026 00:51 | 10.1 km | 98 km |
| 1.7 | 25.08.2026 05:57 | 7 km | 42 km |
| 1.2 | 24.08.2026 14:20 | 7 km | 117 km |
| 1.9 | 24.08.2026 00:27 | 7 km | 124 km |
| 1.4 | 23.08.2026 20:40 | 11.5 km | 107 km |
| 1.1 | 22.08.2026 17:17 | 4.2 km | 140 km |
| 1.4 | 22.08.2026 16:56 | 7.9 km | 140 km |
| 1.4 | 22.08.2026 16:19 | 5.8 km | 145 km |
| 1.9 | 17.08.2026 00:49 | 6.9 km | 141 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 14:06 | 13.2 km | 120 km |
| 1.4 | 10.08.2026 18:42 | 6.6 km | 106 km |
| 1.3 | 06.08.2026 13:08 | 20.6 km | 77 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 12:50 | 10.2 km | 139 km |
| 1.6 | 30.07.2026 16:08 | 7.4 km | 118 km |
| 1.3 | 29.07.2026 03:45 | 5.3 km | 120 km |
| 1.3 | 27.07.2026 16:40 | 8.9 km | 144 km |
| 1.7 | 24.07.2026 10:33 | 11 km | 119 km |
| 1.4 | 14.07.2026 00:12 | 5.2 km | 122 km |
| 2.1 | 13.07.2026 23:20 | 8.6 km | 111 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2026 15:01 | 11.3 km | 122 km |
| 1.8 | 11.07.2026 12:05 | 18.4 km | 127 km |
| 1.6 | 09.07.2026 08:24 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 2.4 | 05.07.2026 01:03 | 12 km | 117 km |
| 2.3 | 04.07.2026 22:26 | 12 km | 123 km |
| 2.5 | 04.07.2026 11:24 | 6 km | 120 km |
| 3.0 | 04.07.2026 02:35 | 5.8 km | 140 km |
| 2.1 | 03.07.2026 17:10 | 7 km | 42 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.