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Earthquakes in South Aegean

96,674 earthquakes catalogued in and around South Aegean between 1901 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.2
Latest earthquake · depth 11.4 km
13.10.2026 00:20 UTC · from centre 152 km
96,674
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1901–2026
record span
2.24
mean magnitude
86,343
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

0478395661901: 1 (M4–5)1901: 2 (M5+)19011903: 1 (M5+)1904: 2 (M4–5)1904: 5 (M5+)1908: 9 (M5+)1909: 1 (M5+)1910: 2 (M5+)1911: 2 (M5+)19111913: 1 (M5+)1914: 1 (M4–5)1914: 1 (M5+)1915: 2 (M4–5)1915: 1 (M5+)1916: 1 (M4–5)1916: 2 (M5+)1917: 1 (M4–5)1917: 1 (M5+)1918: 9 (M4–5)1918: 8 (M5+)1919: 11 (M4–5)1919: 7 (M5+)1920: 4 (M4–5)1920: 6 (M5+)1921: 1 (M4–5)1921: 3 (M5+)19211922: 1 (M4–5)1922: 6 (M5+)1923: 2 (M4–5)1923: 5 (M5+)1924: 2 (M4–5)1925: 3 (M4–5)1925: 1 (M5+)1926: 6 (M4–5)1926: 9 (M5+)1927: 6 (M4–5)1927: 1 (M5+)1928: 2 (M4–5)1928: 7 (M5+)1929: 4 (M5+)1930: 5 (M5+)1931: 1 (M4–5)1931: 1 (M5+)19311932: 3 (M4–5)1932: 8 (M5+)1933: 3 (M4–5)1933: 4 (M5+)1934: 1 (M5+)1935: 2 (M5+)1936: 1 (M5+)1937: 2 (M5+)1938: 1 (M4–5)1938: 4 (M5+)1940: 2 (M5+)1941: 3 (M4–5)1941: 8 (M5+)19411942: 4 (M5+)1943: 5 (M5+)1944: 2 (M4–5)1944: 6 (M5+)1945: 1 (M4–5)1946: 2 (M5+)1947: 1 (M5+)1948: 1 (M4–5)1948: 11 (M5+)1949: 3 (M5+)1950: 1 (M4–5)1950: 2 (M5+)1951: 2 (M4–5)19511952: 2 (M4–5)1952: 5 (M5+)1953: 10 (M4–5)1953: 5 (M5+)1954: 9 (M4–5)1954: 8 (M5+)1955: 3 (M4–5)1955: 2 (M5+)1956: 8 (M4–5)1956: 25 (M5+)1957: 1 (M4–5)1957: 10 (M5+)1958: 5 (M4–5)1958: 6 (M5+)1959: 6 (M4–5)1959: 6 (M5+)1960: 12 (M4–5)1960: 4 (M5+)1961: 7 (M4–5)1961: 8 (M5+)19611962: 2 (M4–5)1962: 4 (M5+)1963: 8 (M4–5)1963: 2 (M5+)1964: 6 (M4–5)1964: 4 (M5+)1965: 20 (M4–5)1965: 8 (M5+)1966: 24 (M4–5)1966: 2 (M5+)1967: 1 (M3–4)1967: 8 (M4–5)1968: 2 (M3–4)1968: 50 (M4–5)1968: 8 (M5+)1969: 2 (M3–4)1969: 38 (M4–5)1969: 10 (M5+)1970: 12 (M3–4)1970: 30 (M4–5)1971: 18 (M3–4)1971: 19 (M4–5)1971: 1 (M5+)19711972: 8 (M3–4)1972: 37 (M4–5)1972: 4 (M5+)1973: 10 (M3–4)1973: 18 (M4–5)1973: 3 (M5+)1974: 20 (M3–4)1974: 22 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M5+)1975: 33 (M3–4)1975: 17 (M4–5)1975: 2 (M5+)1976: 105 (M3–4)1976: 30 (M4–5)1976: 2 (M5+)1977: 137 (M3–4)1977: 33 (M4–5)1977: 3 (M5+)1978: 46 (M3–4)1978: 19 (M4–5)1979: 47 (M3–4)1979: 26 (M4–5)1979: 5 (M5+)1980: 31 (M3–4)1980: 22 (M4–5)1980: 1 (M5+)1981: 51 (M3–4)1981: 21 (M4–5)1981: 4 (M5+)19811982: 78 (M3–4)1982: 28 (M4–5)1982: 1 (M5+)1983: 61 (M3–4)1983: 31 (M4–5)1983: 4 (M5+)1984: 52 (M3–4)1984: 32 (M4–5)1984: 3 (M5+)1985: 1 (M<3)1985: 42 (M3–4)1985: 23 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 92 (M3–4)1986: 21 (M4–5)1986: 5 (M5+)1987: 52 (M3–4)1987: 64 (M4–5)1987: 1 (M5+)1988: 31 (M3–4)1988: 22 (M4–5)1988: 3 (M5+)1989: 1 (M<3)1989: 280 (M3–4)1989: 41 (M4–5)1989: 4 (M5+)1990: 3 (M<3)1990: 295 (M3–4)1990: 68 (M4–5)1990: 2 (M5+)1991: 2 (M<3)1991: 123 (M3–4)1991: 11 (M4–5)1991: 2 (M5+)19911992: 10 (M<3)1992: 135 (M3–4)1992: 24 (M4–5)1992: 3 (M5+)1993: 85 (M3–4)1993: 24 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1994: 4 (M<3)1994: 59 (M3–4)1994: 10 (M4–5)1994: 1 (M5+)1995: 1 (M<3)1995: 188 (M3–4)1995: 20 (M4–5)1995: 3 (M5+)1996: 343 (M3–4)1996: 82 (M4–5)1996: 5 (M5+)1997: 160 (M3–4)1997: 23 (M4–5)1998: 4 (M<3)1998: 194 (M3–4)1998: 17 (M4–5)1998: 1 (M5+)1999: 6 (M<3)1999: 212 (M3–4)1999: 16 (M4–5)1999: 3 (M5+)2000: 18 (M<3)2000: 238 (M3–4)2000: 19 (M4–5)2000: 1 (M5+)2001: 7 (M<3)2001: 186 (M3–4)2001: 19 (M4–5)2001: 5 (M5+)20012002: 8 (M<3)2002: 243 (M3–4)2002: 18 (M4–5)2002: 4 (M5+)2003: 149 (M<3)2003: 270 (M3–4)2003: 18 (M4–5)2003: 6 (M5+)2004: 1,778 (M<3)2004: 744 (M3–4)2004: 17 (M4–5)2004: 7 (M5+)2005: 1,454 (M<3)2005: 704 (M3–4)2005: 31 (M4–5)2005: 8 (M5+)2006: 890 (M<3)2006: 454 (M3–4)2006: 14 (M4–5)2006: 3 (M5+)2007: 823 (M<3)2007: 544 (M3–4)2007: 13 (M4–5)2007: 3 (M5+)2008: 1,497 (M<3)2008: 703 (M3–4)2008: 10 (M4–5)2008: 3 (M5+)2009: 2,376 (M<3)2009: 684 (M3–4)2009: 15 (M4–5)2009: 4 (M5+)2010: 3,255 (M<3)2010: 539 (M3–4)2010: 18 (M4–5)2010: 2 (M5+)2011: 4,569 (M<3)2011: 430 (M3–4)2011: 19 (M4–5)2011: 4 (M5+)20112012: 4,359 (M<3)2012: 584 (M3–4)2012: 41 (M4–5)2012: 7 (M5+)2013: 3,179 (M<3)2013: 282 (M3–4)2013: 14 (M4–5)2013: 2 (M5+)2014: 3,318 (M<3)2014: 139 (M3–4)2014: 22 (M4–5)2014: 2 (M5+)2015: 3,041 (M<3)2015: 174 (M3–4)2015: 20 (M4–5)2015: 7 (M5+)2016: 2,256 (M<3)2016: 110 (M3–4)2016: 11 (M4–5)2016: 4 (M5+)2017: 9,053 (M<3)2017: 443 (M3–4)2017: 59 (M4–5)2017: 11 (M5+)2018: 3,057 (M<3)2018: 119 (M3–4)2018: 19 (M4–5)2018: 1 (M5+)2019: 2,444 (M<3)2019: 145 (M3–4)2019: 29 (M4–5)2019: 7 (M5+)2020: 7,571 (M<3)2020: 601 (M3–4)2020: 81 (M4–5)2020: 13 (M5+)2021: 8,482 (M<3)2021: 463 (M3–4)2021: 91 (M4–5)2021: 15 (M5+)20212022: 3,967 (M<3)2022: 190 (M3–4)2022: 26 (M4–5)2022: 5 (M5+)2023: 2,895 (M<3)2023: 164 (M3–4)2023: 22 (M4–5)2023: 2 (M5+)2024: 3,159 (M<3)2024: 155 (M3–4)2024: 17 (M4–5)2024: 2 (M5+)2025: 4,665 (M<3)2025: 1,535 (M3–4)2025: 181 (M4–5)2025: 15 (M5+)2026: 1,918 (M<3)2026: 115 (M3–4)2026: 10 (M4–5)2026: 6 (M5+)
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.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
8.111.08.1903 04:3280 km296 km
7.809.07.1956 03:1120 km27 km
7.125.04.1957 02:2535 km220 km
7.109.02.1948 12:5815 km141 km
7.018.02.1910 05:09150 km174 km
7.030.10.2020 11:5116.1 km144 km
6.926.06.1926 19:4615 km48 km
6.813.08.1922 00:0915 km189 km
6.812.10.2013 13:1146.9 km288 km
6.708.01.2006 11:3467.2 km258 km
6.728.03.1969 01:481.9 km290 km
6.620.07.2017 22:3110.2 km109 km
6.614.02.1930 18:38130 km169 km
6.617.05.1908 12:30100 km275 km
6.625.02.1935 02:5180 km152 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.213.10.2026 00:2011.4 km152 km
1.512.10.2026 22:429.9 km49 km
1.012.10.2026 21:037 km165 km
2.012.10.2026 19:249.8 km165 km
1.712.10.2026 13:2610 km106 km
1.412.10.2026 04:0215.7 km107 km
2.812.10.2026 01:497 km51 km
1.811.10.2026 23:107 km38 km
1.311.10.2026 19:096.6 km156 km
1.911.10.2026 17:597.8 km143 km
2.511.10.2026 05:215 km139 km
2.511.10.2026 03:0810.2 km144 km
0.811.10.2026 02:587.1 km158 km
2.411.10.2026 02:4127.2 km54 km
1.711.10.2026 02:297.3 km141 km
2.611.10.2026 02:186.4 km130 km
2.411.10.2026 01:357.4 km111 km
1.811.10.2026 01:285 km141 km
2.211.10.2026 01:275.3 km137 km
2.711.10.2026 01:176.4 km144 km
2.011.10.2026 00:488.7 km145 km
1.511.10.2026 00:462.2 km140 km
2.910.10.2026 23:435.2 km137 km
2.410.10.2026 23:3611.5 km148 km
2.310.10.2026 23:338.9 km137 km
1.910.10.2026 23:245.6 km167 km
1.810.10.2026 23:225 km135 km
1.710.10.2026 23:195 km142 km
1.810.10.2026 23:1715.6 km138 km
2.010.10.2026 22:457.9 km126 km
4.210.10.2026 22:3310 km137 km
2.810.10.2026 22:215 km143 km
3.210.10.2026 22:0315.1 km141 km
2.810.10.2026 21:506 km139 km
3.610.10.2026 21:477.3 km123 km
1.410.10.2026 21:447.4 km148 km
3.010.10.2026 19:269 km132 km
2.110.10.2026 17:267.1 km146 km
0.910.10.2026 16:476.9 km136 km
2.010.10.2026 15:136.4 km149 km
2.710.10.2026 08:097 km47 km
1.510.10.2026 00:387 km153 km
1.009.10.2026 23:437 km177 km
1.709.10.2026 21:207 km149 km
1.709.10.2026 12:213.2 km51 km
1.109.10.2026 08:197 km138 km
1.709.10.2026 06:589.5 km140 km
1.509.10.2026 04:0567 km135 km
1.409.10.2026 03:3111.3 km139 km
1.608.10.2026 22:416.8 km100 km
1.508.10.2026 16:0224.9 km93 km
1.608.10.2026 11:3410.5 km167 km
1.208.10.2026 11:2510.9 km167 km
0.708.10.2026 11:196.6 km184 km
1.708.10.2026 04:2211.6 km122 km
1.308.10.2026 01:497 km108 km
1.808.10.2026 00:2259.6 km164 km
1.707.10.2026 22:1733.3 km150 km
1.907.10.2026 21:0421.5 km126 km
1.807.10.2026 20:066.5 km114 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.