3.3
5,554
recorded earthquakes
M8.5
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.12
mean magnitude
4,618
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.5 | 12.09.2007 11:10 | 24 km | 121 km |
| 7.9 | 12.09.2007 23:49 | 39.2 km | 227 km |
| 7.8 | 04.06.2000 16:28 | 44 km | 89 km |
| 7.8 | 25.10.2010 14:42 | 22.9 km | 259 km |
| 7.6 | 04.06.2000 16:39 | 35.7 km | 98 km |
| 7.6 | 25.06.1914 19:07 | 35 km | 64 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.2001 19:28 | 25.8 km | 124 km |
| 7.3 | 24.06.1933 21:54 | 20 km | 287 km |
| 7.3 | 25.09.1931 05:59 | 35 km | 175 km |
| 7.3 | 25.07.2004 14:35 | 580.8 km | 235 km |
| 7.2 | 03.06.1909 18:40 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 7.2 | 08.06.1943 20:42 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 7.2 | 13.08.1913 04:25 | 75 km | 342 km |
| 7.2 | 25.02.2008 08:36 | 29 km | 306 km |
| 7.1 | 10.02.1931 06:34 | 35 km | 173 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 19:05 | 96 km | 80 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 23:47 | 10 km | 209 km |
| 4.5 | 10.10.2026 21:38 | 29.6 km | 172 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 18:33 | 69 km | 221 km |
| 4.7 | 08.10.2026 15:23 | 50.6 km | 101 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 06:07 | 36 km | 69 km |
| 4.5 | 06.10.2026 19:01 | 73.1 km | 60 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 19:27 | 136 km | 167 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 13:46 | 60 km | 83 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2026 10:49 | 13 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2026 15:01 | 52 km | 167 km |
| 3.4 | 20.09.2026 02:49 | 13 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 18.09.2026 19:20 | 32 km | 57 km |
| 4.6 | 18.09.2026 16:37 | 102.6 km | 24 km |
| 4.3 | 15.09.2026 22:42 | 21 km | 213 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2026 16:12 | 76.2 km | 56 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 00:23 | 46.2 km | 130 km |
| 3.4 | 08.09.2026 11:58 | 30 km | 208 km |
| 5.0 | 05.09.2026 10:59 | 68.9 km | 73 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2026 16:44 | 15 km | 178 km |
| 4.1 | 01.09.2026 12:23 | 115 km | 137 km |
| 3.8 | 31.08.2026 09:11 | 12 km | 170 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 04:03 | 46 km | 101 km |
| 4.9 | 30.08.2026 07:37 | 78.2 km | 93 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2026 20:20 | 60 km | 160 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 20:03 | 154 km | 168 km |
| 4.0 | 27.08.2026 11:33 | 25 km | 232 km |
| 3.3 | 27.08.2026 07:58 | 95 km | 90 km |
| 4.5 | 22.08.2026 17:40 | 43.2 km | 193 km |
| 4.4 | 21.08.2026 00:10 | 29 km | 140 km |
| 2.7 | 20.08.2026 02:12 | 8 km | 47 km |
| 2.7 | 19.08.2026 08:22 | 57 km | 21 km |
| 3.6 | 19.08.2026 05:38 | 25 km | 170 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 12:40 | 61 km | 185 km |
| 2.5 | 15.08.2026 03:22 | 7 km | 72 km |
| 2.9 | 13.08.2026 16:10 | 6 km | 136 km |
| 2.6 | 12.08.2026 23:08 | 94 km | 145 km |
| 3.1 | 11.08.2026 09:09 | 38 km | 129 km |
| 2.6 | 11.08.2026 05:16 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 4.7 | 11.08.2026 01:12 | 61.9 km | 70 km |
| 5.0 | 10.08.2026 17:08 | 18 km | 231 km |
| 5.3 | 09.08.2026 15:15 | 35 km | 220 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 02:58 | 34 km | 245 km |
| 3.6 | 07.08.2026 15:27 | 13 km | 161 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2026 14:10 | 40 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 06.08.2026 10:57 | 25 km | 148 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 21:54 | 29 km | 224 km |
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 12:28 | 25 km | 139 km |
| 3.2 | 04.08.2026 06:57 | 14 km | 160 km |
| 3.5 | 03.08.2026 11:30 | 12 km | 162 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 23:20 | 47 km | 87 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 08:12 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.1 | 31.07.2026 05:08 | 17 km | 161 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 00:00 | 188 km | 92 km |
| 2.7 | 29.07.2026 15:05 | 67 km | 149 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 23:26 | 12 km | 214 km |
| 2.7 | 28.07.2026 16:14 | 42 km | 204 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 10:21 | 69 km | 217 km |
| 3.4 | 27.07.2026 12:09 | 26 km | 92 km |
| 2.8 | 27.07.2026 08:21 | 72 km | 70 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.