3.1
1,479
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.93
mean magnitude
1,173
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 399 km |
| 7.2 | 12.05.2015 07:05 | 12.3 km | 529 km |
| 7.2 | 28.08.1916 06:39 | 20 km | 287 km |
| 6.8 | 17.10.1944 18:36 | 20 km | 510 km |
| 6.8 | 27.05.1936 06:19 | 15 km | 281 km |
| 6.8 | 19.10.1991 21:23 | 16.1 km | 449 km |
| 6.7 | 10.10.1956 15:31 | 15 km | 324 km |
| 6.7 | 25.08.2008 13:22 | 23.9 km | 507 km |
| 6.7 | 25.04.2015 06:45 | 14.7 km | 412 km |
| 6.5 | 29.07.1980 14:58 | 17.5 km | 271 km |
| 6.5 | 29.10.1944 00:11 | 20 km | 487 km |
| 6.5 | 28.03.1999 19:05 | 23.8 km | 387 km |
| 6.5 | 02.06.1927 16:37 | 35 km | 407 km |
| 6.5 | 14.04.1957 07:11 | 15 km | 511 km |
| 6.5 | 14.10.1911 23:23 | 20 km | 405 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 14.10.2026 00:45 | 297.4 km | 220 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 08:45 | 208.4 km | 330 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 18:26 | 6.6 km | 270 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:55 | 5 km | 403 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 10:10 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 15:52 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 5.1 | 06.10.2026 16:53 | 16.5 km | 346 km |
| 3.6 | 30.09.2026 08:37 | 15 km | 375 km |
| 3.5 | 30.09.2026 08:30 | 15 km | 342 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2026 07:53 | 5 km | 225 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2026 07:05 | 5 km | 334 km |
| 3.7 | 26.09.2026 05:16 | 9.4 km | 464 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2026 05:40 | 19.1 km | 392 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2026 10:03 | 10 km | 349 km |
| 2.7 | 20.09.2026 11:21 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2026 00:40 | 114 km | 283 km |
| 4.4 | 18.09.2026 08:03 | 67.2 km | 411 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2026 20:57 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 4.0 | 15.09.2026 22:43 | 98 km | 285 km |
| 4.4 | 15.09.2026 20:06 | 34 km | 296 km |
| 3.6 | 13.09.2026 20:33 | 10 km | 338 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2026 19:29 | 15 km | 287 km |
| 3.8 | 11.09.2026 12:34 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 4.9 | 08.09.2026 16:08 | 10 km | 384 km |
| 2.9 | 08.09.2026 10:58 | 5 km | 396 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2026 15:33 | 15 km | 341 km |
| 2.8 | 01.09.2026 23:27 | 8 km | 300 km |
| 2.6 | 01.09.2026 01:05 | 5 km | 348 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 23:44 | 5 km | 344 km |
| 3.0 | 30.08.2026 01:42 | 15 km | 319 km |
| 2.5 | 27.08.2026 09:40 | 126.7 km | 427 km |
| 3.4 | 21.08.2026 09:17 | 10 km | 367 km |
| 3.8 | 20.08.2026 06:57 | 111 km | 363 km |
| 3.9 | 20.08.2026 06:37 | 10.3 km | 418 km |
| 4.0 | 18.08.2026 19:58 | 7 km | 341 km |
| 4.3 | 17.08.2026 05:36 | 153.3 km | 231 km |
| 4.1 | 14.08.2026 22:37 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 4.3 | 14.08.2026 02:23 | 234.3 km | 286 km |
| 3.6 | 13.08.2026 21:01 | 15 km | 277 km |
| 3.8 | 11.08.2026 03:23 | 12 km | 214 km |
| 4.4 | 11.08.2026 01:18 | 10 km | 456 km |
| 3.7 | 08.08.2026 08:36 | 7 km | 374 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 15:08 | 25 km | 216 km |
| 3.8 | 03.08.2026 07:57 | 212.1 km | 433 km |
| 3.4 | 03.08.2026 06:55 | 5 km | 399 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 21:22 | 30 km | 219 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 22:44 | 8 km | 422 km |
| 4.3 | 01.08.2026 07:45 | 280.1 km | 444 km |
| 2.9 | 01.08.2026 05:59 | 10 km | 324 km |
| 3.0 | 01.08.2026 00:01 | 9.5 km | 289 km |
| 3.2 | 29.07.2026 11:18 | 0.4 km | 402 km |
| 3.4 | 26.07.2026 08:14 | 10 km | 374 km |
| 3.2 | 22.07.2026 18:22 | 38.5 km | 418 km |
| 4.0 | 21.07.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 2.8 | 20.07.2026 14:22 | 5 km | 422 km |
| 4.5 | 19.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 10:33 | 10 km | 366 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 18:23 | 258.9 km | 183 km |
| 3.8 | 13.07.2026 20:51 | 97.9 km | 269 km |
| 4.4 | 11.07.2026 21:23 | 10 km | 522 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.