3.5
28,046
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.13
mean magnitude
26,113
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 01.02.1938 19:04 | 25 km | 153 km |
| 8.2 | 24.01.1965 00:11 | 15.2 km | 591 km |
| 7.8 | 30.08.1917 04:07 | 100 km | 336 km |
| 7.7 | 02.11.1950 15:28 | 199.7 km | 189 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1998 14:10 | 16.5 km | 731 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 25 km | 654 km |
| 7.6 | 09.01.2023 17:47 | 112.4 km | 176 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.2006 16:58 | 398.4 km | 245 km |
| 7.6 | 06.11.1943 08:31 | 15 km | 408 km |
| 7.6 | 04.11.1963 01:17 | 65 km | 159 km |
| 7.5 | 10.10.2002 10:50 | 23.6 km | 615 km |
| 7.5 | 08.10.1950 03:23 | 20 km | 278 km |
| 7.5 | 03.06.1927 07:12 | 35 km | 134 km |
| 7.5 | 11.11.2004 21:26 | 17.7 km | 674 km |
| 7.4 | 22.06.1982 04:18 | 448.5 km | 516 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 18:53 | 11 km | 413 km |
| 4.7 | 12.10.2026 08:30 | 22.4 km | 334 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2026 18:47 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 4.1 | 11.10.2026 10:58 | 184 km | 174 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 22:55 | 11 km | 281 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 19:55 | 15 km | 404 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 14:30 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2026 04:46 | 10 km | 381 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 21:03 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 4.2 | 08.10.2026 19:40 | 157 km | 251 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 16:29 | 310 km | 295 km |
| 4.6 | 08.10.2026 10:59 | 10 km | 312 km |
| 4.8 | 08.10.2026 10:10 | 124 km | 74 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 04:26 | 163 km | 322 km |
| 4.5 | 08.10.2026 01:03 | 274 km | 90 km |
| 4.4 | 07.10.2026 07:37 | 132.7 km | 86 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 22:32 | 10 km | 429 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 17:59 | 114 km | 278 km |
| 4.2 | 05.10.2026 09:12 | 145 km | 151 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 23:05 | 10 km | 370 km |
| 4.1 | 04.10.2026 20:54 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 14:17 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 09:45 | 103 km | 162 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 14:49 | 140.1 km | 101 km |
| 4.1 | 02.10.2026 21:16 | 250 km | 85 km |
| 2.9 | 02.10.2026 18:54 | 10 km | 362 km |
| 4.3 | 02.10.2026 10:13 | 170 km | 158 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 07:51 | 15 km | 317 km |
| 4.5 | 01.10.2026 02:09 | 94.8 km | 65 km |
| 3.5 | 29.09.2026 22:09 | 10 km | 408 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 15:14 | 265 km | 447 km |
| 2.9 | 28.09.2026 05:47 | 10 km | 364 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 20:04 | 136 km | 507 km |
| 3.8 | 27.09.2026 18:26 | 84 km | 372 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 16:38 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2026 15:19 | 304 km | 454 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 14:24 | 10 km | 245 km |
| 3.7 | 27.09.2026 14:12 | 10 km | 455 km |
| 3.5 | 26.09.2026 21:24 | 10 km | 361 km |
| 3.1 | 26.09.2026 00:53 | 10 km | 224 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2026 04:50 | 167 km | 97 km |
| 5.0 | 25.09.2026 04:27 | 10 km | 553 km |
| 3.8 | 23.09.2026 23:06 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 4.1 | 23.09.2026 02:47 | 173.6 km | 142 km |
| 3.3 | 22.09.2026 22:55 | 22 km | 331 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 10:30 | 295.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.7 | 21.09.2026 19:49 | 23 km | 404 km |
| 3.9 | 21.09.2026 19:33 | 75 km | 385 km |
| 4.7 | 20.09.2026 15:39 | 10 km | 318 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 23:54 | 152.6 km | 386 km |
| 2.9 | 18.09.2026 14:00 | 10 km | 311 km |
| 3.6 | 18.09.2026 02:28 | 379 km | 393 km |
| 4.6 | 17.09.2026 20:23 | 73.6 km | 47 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 16:13 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 4.4 | 17.09.2026 12:09 | 11 km | 331 km |
| 4.3 | 16.09.2026 22:07 | 135 km | 264 km |
| 4.6 | 16.09.2026 09:37 | 113.4 km | 296 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2026 14:16 | 10 km | 329 km |
| 4.8 | 15.09.2026 06:07 | 83.8 km | 119 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2026 22:43 | 160 km | 33 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.