3.5
14,981
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.99
mean magnitude
13,834
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 | 17.02.1996 05:59 | 46.4 km | 436 km |
| 8.1 | 20.09.1935 01:46 | 30 km | 438 km |
| 7.9 | 26.05.1914 14:22 | 15 km | 346 km |
| 7.8 | 01.06.1906 04:30 | 35 km | 284 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.1900 21:04 | 0 km | 283 km |
| 7.7 | 10.01.1971 07:17 | 40.3 km | 288 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 25 km | 293 km |
| 7.6 | 06.11.1943 08:31 | 15 km | 407 km |
| 7.6 | 29.07.1917 21:52 | 35 km | 459 km |
| 7.6 | 13.01.1916 08:20 | 35 km | 108 km |
| 7.5 | 10.10.2002 10:50 | 23.6 km | 514 km |
| 7.5 | 12.09.1979 05:17 | 30 km | 395 km |
| 7.5 | 28.05.1968 13:27 | 66.5 km | 292 km |
| 7.5 | 26.10.1926 03:44 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.4 | 03.01.2009 22:33 | 34.6 km | 664 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 18:11 | 10 km | 433 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 13:07 | 133 km | 286 km |
| 4.5 | 11.10.2026 22:07 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 18:12 | 22 km | 289 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2026 14:57 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 04:13 | 10 km | 457 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 09:17 | 10 km | 383 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 19:10 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 17:24 | 58 km | 390 km |
| 2.5 | 07.10.2026 16:54 | 60 km | 374 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 05:44 | 15 km | 586 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 02:53 | 10 km | 246 km |
| 4.9 | 06.10.2026 21:56 | 80.2 km | 241 km |
| 3.2 | 02.10.2026 10:00 | 10 km | 500 km |
| 2.8 | 02.10.2026 05:54 | 18 km | 398 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2026 17:09 | 10 km | 358 km |
| 3.8 | 01.10.2026 13:46 | 16 km | 345 km |
| 4.4 | 01.10.2026 13:31 | 10 km | 342 km |
| 3.4 | 01.10.2026 06:24 | 12 km | 411 km |
| 4.1 | 29.09.2026 17:31 | 10 km | 239 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 15:53 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 15:29 | 10 km | 211 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2026 23:11 | 10 km | 493 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 22:41 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 20:04 | 136 km | 359 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 18:07 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 3.2 | 26.09.2026 20:00 | 10 km | 374 km |
| 4.0 | 26.09.2026 15:28 | 126 km | 165 km |
| 3.9 | 26.09.2026 09:23 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 2.9 | 25.09.2026 05:14 | 26 km | 418 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2026 16:28 | 68.5 km | 300 km |
| 4.6 | 24.09.2026 00:26 | 35 km | 364 km |
| 3.3 | 21.09.2026 17:05 | 13 km | 405 km |
| 4.2 | 21.09.2026 13:58 | 138.5 km | 85 km |
| 3.6 | 19.09.2026 10:43 | 10 km | 305 km |
| 4.8 | 19.09.2026 07:44 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 07:38 | 12 km | 313 km |
| 5.2 | 19.09.2026 04:18 | 10 km | 364 km |
| 3.0 | 17.09.2026 21:09 | 125 km | 356 km |
| 2.6 | 16.09.2026 19:06 | 115 km | 311 km |
| 4.2 | 16.09.2026 12:28 | 60 km | 335 km |
| 3.2 | 16.09.2026 10:27 | 12 km | 276 km |
| 3.9 | 12.09.2026 22:48 | 20 km | 215 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2026 18:28 | 21 km | 283 km |
| 3.5 | 10.09.2026 13:54 | 13 km | 411 km |
| 2.8 | 09.09.2026 22:26 | 10 km | 427 km |
| 4.0 | 09.09.2026 19:29 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2026 18:22 | 10 km | 192 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 14:57 | 33 km | 295 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2026 18:56 | 68 km | 300 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2026 20:39 | 10 km | 411 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 06:22 | 10 km | 394 km |
| 4.1 | 05.09.2026 21:33 | 141 km | 170 km |
| 4.0 | 05.09.2026 20:06 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 4.1 | 04.09.2026 15:13 | 16 km | 95 km |
| 4.0 | 02.09.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 314 km |
| 3.8 | 02.09.2026 10:03 | 13 km | 397 km |
| 5.6 | 02.09.2026 00:04 | 69.1 km | 266 km |
| 4.3 | 30.08.2026 19:57 | 35.2 km | 282 km |
| 2.6 | 29.08.2026 14:04 | 10 km | 424 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.