3.1
1,124
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.68
mean magnitude
912
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 | 04.04.1905 00:49 | 20 km | 104 km |
| 6.8 | 19.01.1975 08:02 | 12.9 km | 129 km |
| 6.8 | 19.10.1991 21:23 | 16.1 km | 184 km |
| 6.6 | 27.02.1906 19:41 | 15 km | 112 km |
| 6.5 | 28.03.1999 19:05 | 23.8 km | 252 km |
| 6.4 | 22.06.1945 18:00 | 20 km | 126 km |
| 6.2 | 09.10.1914 02:39 | 20 km | 137 km |
| 6.0 | 27.06.1955 10:14 | 15 km | 127 km |
| 6.0 | 10.07.1947 10:19 | 60 km | 135 km |
| 5.9 | 09.05.1917 21:46 | 15 km | 182 km |
| 5.9 | 19.01.1975 08:12 | 12 km | 123 km |
| 5.8 | 05.02.1949 08:55 | 15 km | 218 km |
| 5.6 | 01.05.2013 06:57 | 27.4 km | 207 km |
| 5.6 | 12.09.1951 20:41 | 15 km | 186 km |
| 5.6 | 14.01.1929 09:45 | 15 km | 66 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 11:10 | 5 km | 109 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 18:01 | 5 km | 231 km |
| 4.4 | 10.10.2026 14:37 | 22 km | 166 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 00:04 | 10 km | 226 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 166 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 18:18 | 9 km | 96 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 04:09 | 5 km | 176 km |
| 2.7 | 13.09.2026 10:17 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 4.2 | 10.09.2026 18:57 | 34.2 km | 219 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2026 00:10 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 2.8 | 04.09.2026 06:27 | 5 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2026 20:14 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 2.8 | 31.08.2026 20:24 | 5.6 km | 213 km |
| 2.7 | 28.08.2026 01:45 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 2.5 | 27.08.2026 09:40 | 126.7 km | 196 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2026 00:16 | 54.1 km | 58 km |
| 2.5 | 25.08.2026 23:08 | 10 km | 156 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 22:10 | 8 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 16:52 | 6 km | 158 km |
| 3.0 | 23.08.2026 15:38 | 7 km | 185 km |
| 2.5 | 22.08.2026 00:50 | 5 km | 177 km |
| 2.8 | 21.08.2026 19:55 | 15 km | 104 km |
| 3.1 | 21.08.2026 03:44 | 5 km | 168 km |
| 2.8 | 20.08.2026 13:35 | 5 km | 195 km |
| 2.5 | 19.08.2026 19:39 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 3.0 | 18.08.2026 14:12 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 4.3 | 18.08.2026 14:10 | 45.9 km | 100 km |
| 3.6 | 18.08.2026 13:24 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 2.7 | 16.08.2026 08:46 | 5 km | 177 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 23:34 | 9 km | 156 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2026 02:29 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2026 01:06 | 5 km | 162 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 21:58 | 11 km | 150 km |
| 4.3 | 09.08.2026 19:51 | 10 km | 145 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2026 08:17 | 10 km | 223 km |
| 3.1 | 05.08.2026 18:47 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.1 | 02.08.2026 03:43 | 8 km | 49 km |
| 2.6 | 02.08.2026 00:41 | 7 km | 76 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:45 | 280.1 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 22:30 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 2.7 | 30.07.2026 04:49 | 5 km | 114 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2026 01:12 | 11 km | 86 km |
| 2.6 | 23.07.2026 15:32 | 5 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 16.07.2026 14:32 | 7 km | 175 km |
| 2.7 | 13.07.2026 15:14 | 5 km | 102 km |
| 3.5 | 13.07.2026 14:24 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 2.6 | 10.07.2026 20:19 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 08.07.2026 02:25 | 8 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 07:40 | 15 km | 166 km |
| 2.9 | 28.06.2026 21:23 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 27.06.2026 06:08 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 15:14 | 14 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 18.06.2026 21:47 | 11.7 km | 224 km |
| 2.6 | 10.06.2026 23:37 | 7 km | 113 km |
| 2.8 | 10.06.2026 14:34 | 5 km | 86 km |
| 3.0 | 10.06.2026 03:24 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 10:12 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 05.06.2026 18:22 | 5 km | 97 km |
| 2.8 | 05.06.2026 17:33 | 5 km | 103 km |
| 3.9 | 05.06.2026 16:34 | 10 km | 90 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.