3.1
663
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1938–2026
record span
3.33
mean magnitude
631
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 10.12.1967 22:51 | 19.3 km | 348 km |
| 6.2 | 14.03.1938 00:48 | 50 km | 317 km |
| 6.2 | 29.09.1993 22:25 | 17.2 km | 92 km |
| 5.7 | 13.04.1969 15:24 | 12 km | 437 km |
| 5.5 | 25.08.1957 21:04 | — | 491 km |
| 5.5 | 13.09.1967 06:48 | 4 km | 360 km |
| 5.4 | 27.03.1967 08:09 | 11.2 km | 509 km |
| 5.3 | 23.03.1970 01:53 | 13.9 km | 499 km |
| 5.2 | 05.09.2000 00:32 | 11 km | 353 km |
| 5.1 | 12.12.1967 06:18 | 17 km | 344 km |
| 5.1 | 08.12.1993 01:42 | 9 km | 365 km |
| 5.0 | 20.09.1980 10:45 | 23.4 km | 362 km |
| 5.0 | 24.12.1967 23:49 | 17 km | 339 km |
| 5.0 | 12.03.2000 18:03 | 9 km | 357 km |
| 5.0 | 29.10.1993 23:45 | 10 km | 177 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 20:37 | 10 km | 482 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 13:46 | 7 km | 428 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 05:40 | 5 km | 429 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2026 20:01 | 5 km | 90 km |
| 2.6 | 03.10.2026 13:02 | 5 km | 389 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2026 04:13 | 16 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 02:16 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 15:19 | 6 km | 380 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 01:21 | 7 km | 412 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2026 20:34 | 10 km | 259 km |
| 3.6 | 28.09.2026 18:56 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2026 17:03 | 5 km | 423 km |
| 2.8 | 21.09.2026 20:38 | 183.5 km | 298 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2026 13:40 | 4 km | 374 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2026 10:37 | 142.1 km | 485 km |
| 3.7 | 17.09.2026 00:04 | 10 km | 253 km |
| 3.6 | 10.09.2026 14:20 | 8 km | 363 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 10:00 | 6 km | 370 km |
| 3.0 | 04.09.2026 09:37 | 10 km | 477 km |
| 3.6 | 02.09.2026 23:06 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 2.9 | 01.09.2026 10:28 | 4 km | 369 km |
| 2.5 | 01.09.2026 09:42 | 5 km | 371 km |
| 3.1 | 01.09.2026 09:17 | 8 km | 438 km |
| 3.7 | 01.09.2026 09:13 | 5 km | 371 km |
| 3.3 | 01.09.2026 02:27 | 5 km | 289 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 11:02 | 122.9 km | 236 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 07:08 | 5 km | 371 km |
| 3.5 | 30.08.2026 07:07 | 6 km | 396 km |
| 3.9 | 25.08.2026 22:44 | 124.4 km | 423 km |
| 3.0 | 25.08.2026 03:32 | 13.3 km | 207 km |
| 2.9 | 24.08.2026 10:29 | 5 km | 310 km |
| 2.8 | 21.08.2026 13:05 | 5 km | 364 km |
| 3.3 | 21.08.2026 09:15 | 5 km | 371 km |
| 4.2 | 19.08.2026 03:16 | 289.7 km | 519 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2026 07:10 | 5 km | 365 km |
| 2.5 | 16.08.2026 23:36 | 5 km | 372 km |
| 3.2 | 14.08.2026 11:22 | 5 km | 372 km |
| 3.4 | 14.08.2026 00:02 | 3 km | 367 km |
| 2.8 | 13.08.2026 20:03 | 5 km | 374 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 19:16 | 5 km | 376 km |
| 3.5 | 13.08.2026 18:35 | 5 km | 365 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 16:37 | 6 km | 370 km |
| 2.8 | 13.08.2026 16:33 | 5 km | 368 km |
| 3.4 | 10.08.2026 17:30 | 5 km | 399 km |
| 3.2 | 10.08.2026 16:34 | 5 km | 398 km |
| 2.8 | 10.08.2026 16:08 | 5 km | 373 km |
| 2.9 | 10.08.2026 04:20 | 6.4 km | 367 km |
| 2.9 | 10.08.2026 02:23 | 6 km | 373 km |
| 3.3 | 09.08.2026 00:03 | 5 km | 367 km |
| 2.9 | 08.08.2026 20:13 | 5 km | 370 km |
| 3.1 | 08.08.2026 20:04 | 5 km | 373 km |
| 3.8 | 08.08.2026 16:30 | 10 km | 371 km |
| 2.5 | 06.08.2026 12:24 | 5 km | 359 km |
| 3.6 | 06.08.2026 10:08 | 5 km | 374 km |
| 2.8 | 06.08.2026 09:26 | 5 km | 372 km |
| 2.7 | 06.08.2026 03:28 | 7 km | 372 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2026 01:39 | 6 km | 366 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 00:11 | 10 km | 343 km |
| 3.0 | 05.08.2026 14:07 | 13 km | 329 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 12:21 | 5 km | 399 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.