3.6
25,773
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
22,923
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 24.01.1965 00:11 | 15.2 km | 323 km |
| 8.1 | 14.05.1932 13:11 | 15 km | 134 km |
| 7.7 | 11.06.1972 16:41 | 317.8 km | 523 km |
| 7.7 | 29.11.1998 14:10 | 16.5 km | 319 km |
| 7.6 | 10.08.1968 02:07 | 6.7 km | 172 km |
| 7.5 | 04.05.2000 04:21 | 38.6 km | 402 km |
| 7.5 | 01.04.2026 22:48 | 34 km | 149 km |
| 7.5 | 25.06.1907 17:54 | 200 km | 142 km |
| 7.5 | 14.08.1986 19:39 | 34.3 km | 207 km |
| 7.5 | 21.01.2007 11:27 | 23.2 km | 136 km |
| 7.3 | 05.05.1908 06:17 | 35 km | 168 km |
| 7.2 | 03.05.1925 17:21 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 7.2 | 16.04.1963 01:29 | 30 km | 172 km |
| 7.2 | 10.10.1938 20:48 | 15 km | 259 km |
| 7.2 | 07.10.1923 03:29 | 15 km | 326 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 22:38 | 21 km | 92 km |
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 21:08 | 108 km | 182 km |
| 3.4 | 13.10.2026 17:36 | 44 km | 261 km |
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 14:32 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 14:17 | 10 km | 149 km |
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 05:33 | 20 km | 288 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 03:43 | 15 km | 142 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 12:02 | 167 km | 231 km |
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 08:59 | 49.2 km | 131 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 07:51 | 90 km | 216 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 06:42 | 32 km | 156 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 03:49 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 3.9 | 10.10.2026 22:40 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 21:14 | 15 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 16:42 | 89 km | 197 km |
| 5.0 | 10.10.2026 05:32 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 5.1 | 10.10.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 162 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 23:55 | 18 km | 202 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2026 20:16 | 78 km | 219 km |
| 5.2 | 09.10.2026 05:11 | 40 km | 134 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 03:28 | 10 km | 350 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 02:08 | 105 km | 188 km |
| 3.8 | 08.10.2026 19:45 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 14:54 | 22 km | 151 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 06:49 | 21 km | 286 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 00:17 | 10 km | 317 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2026 22:14 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 19:56 | 12 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 15:51 | 105 km | 267 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 14:59 | 76 km | 179 km |
| 4.7 | 07.10.2026 10:57 | 139.8 km | 302 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 07:05 | 25 km | 124 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 06:01 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 07:15 | 10 km | 297 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 23:35 | 40 km | 158 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 19:30 | 29 km | 187 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 00:24 | 17 km | 141 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 17:44 | 72 km | 287 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 07:57 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 3.5 | 02.10.2026 05:57 | 22 km | 272 km |
| 4.8 | 02.10.2026 05:38 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 05:35 | 20 km | 306 km |
| 3.4 | 02.10.2026 04:25 | 197 km | 335 km |
| 3.4 | 02.10.2026 00:59 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2026 17:08 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 05:26 | 16 km | 163 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 00:22 | 27 km | 141 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 17:24 | 24 km | 177 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 16:03 | 32 km | 108 km |
| 4.3 | 29.09.2026 04:41 | 105 km | 147 km |
| 3.2 | 28.09.2026 18:20 | 36 km | 278 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 14:59 | 102 km | 322 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2026 23:30 | 21 km | 171 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2026 15:13 | 24 km | 118 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2026 02:33 | 207 km | 314 km |
| 3.6 | 26.09.2026 11:30 | 10 km | 220 km |
| 3.8 | 26.09.2026 01:54 | 10 km | 413 km |
| 3.3 | 25.09.2026 16:49 | 100 km | 116 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.