4.8
1,286
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
3.96
mean magnitude
850
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 233 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 258 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 200 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 138 km |
| 7.1 | 23.10.1943 17:23 | 15 km | 208 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 224 km |
| 7.0 | 29.07.1970 10:16 | 73.5 km | 200 km |
| 6.9 | 13.04.2016 13:55 | 151.4 km | 211 km |
| 6.7 | 03.01.2016 23:05 | 49.5 km | 25 km |
| 6.5 | 12.05.1906 05:48 | 35 km | 177 km |
| 6.5 | 02.06.1934 05:54 | 130 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 11.05.1940 21:00 | 80 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 15.03.1927 16:56 | 130 km | 120 km |
| 6.4 | 06.05.1995 01:59 | 115.6 km | 152 km |
| 6.3 | 24.12.1944 14:46 | 15 km | 128 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 01:28 | 78.2 km | 77 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 16:21 | 30 km | 33 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 06:30 | 24 km | 63 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 21:11 | 50 km | 75 km |
| 4.5 | 07.10.2026 03:29 | 109.9 km | 101 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 22:57 | 12 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2026 01:48 | 52 km | 79 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 12:22 | 5 km | 105 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2026 11:22 | 94 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 18:03 | 52 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 13:04 | 21 km | 39 km |
| 4.1 | 26.09.2026 04:04 | 111 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 18:37 | 70 km | 113 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2026 06:15 | 62 km | 95 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2026 19:13 | 115 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 11.09.2026 08:23 | 50 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 10.09.2026 19:50 | 39 km | 104 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2026 21:20 | 89 km | 164 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2026 03:36 | 28 km | 114 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 09:25 | 135 km | 120 km |
| 2.9 | 01.09.2026 09:00 | 44 km | 50 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2026 19:33 | 50 km | 94 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2026 05:19 | 20 km | 68 km |
| 3.0 | 27.08.2026 20:06 | 14 km | 95 km |
| 3.1 | 24.08.2026 19:41 | 100 km | 113 km |
| 3.2 | 21.08.2026 14:19 | 30 km | 109 km |
| 2.6 | 20.08.2026 04:14 | 25 km | 47 km |
| 3.5 | 18.08.2026 04:16 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2026 13:41 | 85 km | 83 km |
| 3.4 | 13.08.2026 10:03 | 9 km | 67 km |
| 3.0 | 12.08.2026 09:40 | 29 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 00:48 | 50 km | 47 km |
| 2.7 | 03.08.2026 18:15 | 11 km | 137 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 23:05 | 105 km | 111 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 04:04 | 53 km | 39 km |
| 3.6 | 30.07.2026 05:19 | 75 km | 59 km |
| 4.0 | 28.07.2026 08:05 | 110 km | 133 km |
| 3.4 | 21.07.2026 23:43 | 59 km | 38 km |
| 3.6 | 18.07.2026 13:17 | 96 km | 103 km |
| 3.4 | 18.07.2026 03:41 | 55 km | 77 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2026 04:45 | 62.8 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 16.07.2026 01:16 | 18 km | 118 km |
| 3.6 | 14.07.2026 10:20 | 28 km | 26 km |
| 3.4 | 13.07.2026 01:53 | 90 km | 55 km |
| 3.9 | 13.07.2026 01:02 | 80 km | 39 km |
| 3.4 | 09.07.2026 02:37 | 15 km | 103 km |
| 3.1 | 08.07.2026 17:43 | 17 km | 34 km |
| 2.8 | 08.07.2026 16:01 | 15 km | 127 km |
| 3.2 | 08.07.2026 14:49 | 30 km | 32 km |
| 2.7 | 07.07.2026 19:28 | 5 km | 99 km |
| 3.4 | 06.07.2026 05:24 | 72 km | 69 km |
| 3.6 | 05.07.2026 16:34 | 55 km | 84 km |
| 3.1 | 03.07.2026 13:38 | 70 km | 30 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 22:13 | 59 km | 30 km |
| 4.0 | 28.06.2026 12:06 | 83 km | 55 km |
| 3.3 | 24.06.2026 04:07 | 15 km | 87 km |
| 2.5 | 21.06.2026 22:20 | 17 km | 48 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 12:45 | 35 km | 75 km |
| 4.1 | 20.06.2026 04:33 | 96.7 km | 92 km |
| 3.4 | 19.06.2026 22:59 | 80 km | 121 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.