2.6
7,580
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.10
mean magnitude
4,944
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 238 km |
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 298 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 343 km |
| 7.7 | 06.08.1942 23:37 | 35 km | 234 km |
| 7.5 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 150 km | 233 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.1902 02:23 | 0 km | 214 km |
| 7.5 | 23.10.1950 16:13 | 65.3 km | 243 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 124 km |
| 7.4 | 07.11.2012 16:35 | 38.7 km | 276 km |
| 7.3 | 29.04.1970 14:01 | 56.5 km | 311 km |
| 7.3 | 19.06.1982 06:21 | 76.3 km | 288 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 424 km |
| 7.2 | 10.09.1993 19:12 | 23.4 km | 295 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 412 km |
| 7.2 | 14.12.1935 22:05 | 35 km | 259 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 13.10.2026 00:14 | 4 km | 158 km |
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 16:00 | 4 km | 158 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 15:54 | 4 km | 157 km |
| 3.2 | 12.10.2026 12:55 | 9.5 km | 264 km |
| 3.9 | 11.10.2026 22:33 | 10 km | 306 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2026 07:47 | 122 km | 276 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 04:57 | 5 km | 156 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 19:53 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 18:14 | 4 km | 157 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 18:02 | 7.3 km | 268 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 14:18 | 15 km | 236 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 13:53 | 43 km | 244 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 13:16 | 80 km | 268 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 06:05 | 76 km | 232 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 02:28 | 21 km | 263 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 20:26 | 175.9 km | 227 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2026 19:46 | 25 km | 248 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 06:38 | 5 km | 159 km |
| 2.7 | 05.10.2026 22:30 | 102 km | 229 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 13:38 | 4 km | 157 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2026 10:27 | 24.2 km | 291 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 06:02 | 128 km | 181 km |
| 3.9 | 04.10.2026 18:00 | 53 km | 245 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 10:39 | 126.3 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 08:43 | 52 km | 260 km |
| 3.2 | 03.10.2026 15:30 | 23 km | 252 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2026 08:57 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 02.10.2026 11:35 | 115.2 km | 171 km |
| 3.9 | 02.10.2026 09:18 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 2.5 | 01.10.2026 17:52 | 4 km | 156 km |
| 3.8 | 01.10.2026 11:47 | 6 km | 248 km |
| 2.5 | 30.09.2026 19:04 | 2 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2026 14:43 | 4 km | 157 km |
| 2.9 | 30.09.2026 14:31 | 2 km | 157 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 14:29 | 5 km | 158 km |
| 4.0 | 30.09.2026 14:24 | 5 km | 156 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2026 10:44 | 163 km | 197 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 20:33 | 5 km | 158 km |
| 2.7 | 29.09.2026 18:56 | 6 km | 156 km |
| 3.9 | 29.09.2026 10:35 | 5 km | 146 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2026 08:34 | 29 km | 267 km |
| 2.8 | 28.09.2026 22:37 | 4 km | 158 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 13:55 | 3 km | 64 km |
| 2.6 | 28.09.2026 12:49 | 6 km | 159 km |
| 2.9 | 28.09.2026 05:00 | 12 km | 164 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 03:52 | 2 km | 147 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 18:28 | 3 km | 157 km |
| 4.3 | 27.09.2026 08:20 | 31 km | 271 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2026 22:18 | 8.4 km | 176 km |
| 3.1 | 26.09.2026 08:51 | 34 km | 262 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 21:39 | 20 km | 279 km |
| 2.7 | 25.09.2026 01:45 | 39 km | 183 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 14:01 | 51 km | 237 km |
| 3.1 | 24.09.2026 08:50 | 55 km | 264 km |
| 2.8 | 24.09.2026 07:13 | 32 km | 282 km |
| 3.8 | 23.09.2026 00:14 | 45 km | 300 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2026 23:38 | 8 km | 260 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2026 20:21 | 194 km | 213 km |
| 2.9 | 22.09.2026 15:24 | 38 km | 242 km |
| 3.4 | 22.09.2026 14:48 | 50 km | 238 km |
Regions
Retalhuleu2,179Escuintla2,105San Marcos1,779Suchitepéquez1,493Quetzaltenango1,357Santa Rosa1,258Jutiapa1,119Guatemala843Huehuetenango797Chimaltenango749Sacatepéquez584Quiché505Sololá484Totonicapán370Petén329Jalapa299Alta Verapaz265Izabal226Baja Verapaz225El Progreso193
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.