2.8
29,879
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.58
mean magnitude
18,381
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 | 110 km |
| 7.2 | 12.08.1953 09:23 | 10 km | 171 km |
| 7.0 | 18.02.1910 05:09 | 150 km | 227 km |
| 6.9 | 01.07.1927 08:19 | 120 km | 63 km |
| 6.9 | 06.10.1947 19:55 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 6.8 | 14.02.2008 10:09 | 32.2 km | 108 km |
| 6.8 | 25.10.2018 22:54 | 16.8 km | 160 km |
| 6.8 | 31.03.1965 09:47 | 57.6 km | 119 km |
| 6.8 | 12.10.2013 13:11 | 46.9 km | 209 km |
| 6.7 | 15.11.1959 17:08 | 15 km | 183 km |
| 6.7 | 08.01.2006 11:34 | 67.2 km | 137 km |
| 6.6 | 24.02.1981 20:53 | 15.9 km | 112 km |
| 6.6 | 18.11.1997 13:07 | 34 km | 153 km |
| 6.5 | 14.02.2008 12:08 | 35.4 km | 115 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.1953 03:32 | 10 km | 186 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | 13.10.2026 01:58 | 5 km | 76 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 13:11 | 15.8 km | 76 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 20:14 | 34.7 km | 73 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 17:36 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 17:33 | 11.9 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 03.10.2026 01:08 | 2 km | 41 km |
| 2.9 | 03.10.2026 01:03 | 0 km | 40 km |
| 2.4 | 03.10.2026 00:59 | 2 km | 134 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 21:43 | 8.7 km | 133 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2026 19:56 | 9.5 km | 38 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 19:53 | 19.2 km | 41 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2026 17:05 | 23 km | 67 km |
| 2.7 | 02.10.2026 16:10 | 14.2 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 02.10.2026 15:56 | 9.1 km | 115 km |
| 4.5 | 02.10.2026 15:26 | 10 km | 113 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 04:59 | 6 km | 54 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2026 02:18 | 26 km | 70 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 01:53 | 12.6 km | 77 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 13:03 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 2.4 | 01.10.2026 04:14 | 3 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 05:28 | 11.8 km | 134 km |
| 2.2 | 30.09.2026 05:23 | 2 km | 133 km |
| 4.6 | 30.09.2026 05:20 | 9.8 km | 136 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 12:45 | 14.3 km | 81 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 08:57 | 9 km | 87 km |
| 2.5 | 21.09.2026 02:09 | 115.7 km | 108 km |
| 2.5 | 20.09.2026 07:52 | 62 km | 53 km |
| 2.4 | 19.09.2026 18:52 | 16.8 km | 70 km |
| 2.8 | 15.09.2026 16:59 | 11.1 km | 48 km |
| 3.2 | 14.09.2026 23:51 | 15 km | 118 km |
| 2.3 | 12.09.2026 09:34 | 0 km | 105 km |
| 3.3 | 12.09.2026 02:15 | 14.4 km | 82 km |
| 2.6 | 08.09.2026 12:37 | 3 km | 123 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 03:25 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 2.6 | 07.09.2026 14:47 | 30 km | 97 km |
| 2.5 | 06.09.2026 09:53 | 10.6 km | 70 km |
| 2.5 | 05.09.2026 19:33 | 82.6 km | 62 km |
| 2.6 | 05.09.2026 11:24 | 13.9 km | 106 km |
| 2.7 | 01.09.2026 08:09 | 58 km | 40 km |
| 2.5 | 01.09.2026 01:31 | 20 km | 107 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2026 23:55 | 89.6 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 28.08.2026 08:53 | 30 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 28.08.2026 08:48 | 17 km | 107 km |
| 2.7 | 26.08.2026 20:17 | 32.1 km | 102 km |
| 3.1 | 20.08.2026 14:40 | 11.4 km | 99 km |
| 2.6 | 20.08.2026 02:52 | 8.7 km | 70 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2026 08:40 | 8.1 km | 134 km |
| 2.9 | 18.08.2026 14:29 | 13.4 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 13.08.2026 15:24 | 27 km | 105 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2026 05:18 | 84.9 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 11.08.2026 07:27 | 4.6 km | 86 km |
| 2.5 | 10.08.2026 21:52 | 20.9 km | 98 km |
| 2.7 | 10.08.2026 01:56 | 14 km | 104 km |
| 2.6 | 10.08.2026 01:53 | 14.5 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 09.08.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 07:34 | 14.2 km | 80 km |
| 2.9 | 06.08.2026 13:37 | 63.7 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 18:16 | 6.1 km | 124 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 14:41 | 8.9 km | 133 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 13:40 | 7.9 km | 133 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.