3.6
31,116
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.06
mean magnitude
25,399
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 | 15.08.1918 12:18 | 20 km | 350 km |
| 8.2 | 14.04.1924 16:20 | 15 km | 436 km |
| 8.1 | 14.05.1932 13:11 | 15 km | 280 km |
| 8.0 | 02.12.1972 00:19 | 27.7 km | 427 km |
| 8.0 | 16.08.1976 16:11 | 12.9 km | 385 km |
| 7.9 | 14.03.1913 08:45 | 15 km | 293 km |
| 7.9 | 21.12.1939 21:00 | 35 km | 442 km |
| 7.8 | 07.06.2026 23:37 | 48 km | 316 km |
| 7.7 | 11.06.1972 16:41 | 317.8 km | 150 km |
| 7.7 | 24.09.1957 08:21 | 35 km | 340 km |
| 7.7 | 01.04.1936 02:09 | 35 km | 202 km |
| 7.6 | 23.07.2010 22:51 | 585.1 km | 425 km |
| 7.6 | 18.04.1990 13:39 | 25.9 km | 314 km |
| 7.6 | 10.08.1968 02:07 | 6.7 km | 204 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1969 10:29 | 68.5 km | 328 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 13.10.2026 21:08 | 108 km | 194 km |
| 4.8 | 13.10.2026 15:21 | 65.7 km | 274 km |
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 14:17 | 10 km | 240 km |
| 3.1 | 13.10.2026 05:02 | 7 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 13.10.2026 03:43 | 15 km | 237 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 01:19 | 15 km | 284 km |
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 12:02 | 167 km | 163 km |
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 08:59 | 49.2 km | 264 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 15:03 | 29 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 06:42 | 32 km | 223 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 03:49 | 10 km | 191 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2026 02:35 | 121.2 km | 329 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 22:53 | 84 km | 285 km |
| 2.9 | 10.10.2026 21:14 | 15 km | 236 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 20:17 | 10 km | 277 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 17:15 | 21 km | 348 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 16:42 | 89 km | 266 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 11:02 | 12 km | 201 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 10:34 | 11 km | 201 km |
| 5.0 | 10.10.2026 05:32 | 10 km | 201 km |
| 5.1 | 10.10.2026 02:00 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 23:55 | 18 km | 241 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 14:12 | 32 km | 194 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2026 05:37 | 103 km | 227 km |
| 5.2 | 09.10.2026 05:11 | 40 km | 257 km |
| 3.8 | 08.10.2026 19:45 | 10 km | 174 km |
| 4.2 | 08.10.2026 19:44 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 19:06 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 15:40 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 14:54 | 22 km | 224 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 10:49 | 27 km | 301 km |
| 5.5 | 08.10.2026 08:07 | 52.1 km | 299 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 06:49 | 21 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 00:17 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 19:56 | 12 km | 231 km |
| 4.7 | 07.10.2026 16:42 | 117.2 km | 284 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 14:59 | 76 km | 204 km |
| 4.7 | 07.10.2026 10:57 | 139.8 km | 157 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 07:05 | 25 km | 269 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 06:01 | 15 km | 212 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 00:39 | 18 km | 253 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 16:07 | 9 km | 310 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2026 00:13 | 8 km | 56 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 20:54 | 136 km | 180 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 07:22 | 20 km | 107 km |
| 4.8 | 05.10.2026 06:14 | 51.3 km | 268 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 02:15 | 142 km | 113 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 00:49 | 110 km | 128 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 23:35 | 40 km | 220 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 19:30 | 29 km | 190 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 14:58 | 129 km | 147 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 14:44 | 7 km | 159 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 07:35 | 138 km | 378 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 00:24 | 17 km | 261 km |
| 4.5 | 03.10.2026 23:14 | 575 km | 255 km |
| 3.9 | 03.10.2026 18:28 | 15 km | 311 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 15:51 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 13:17 | 11 km | 209 km |
| 3.2 | 02.10.2026 14:08 | 33 km | 284 km |
| 3.6 | 02.10.2026 07:57 | 10 km | 197 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.