2.9
3,239
recorded earthquakes
M8.5
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.17
mean magnitude
2,124
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 | 315 km |
| 7.9 | 12.09.2007 23:49 | 39.2 km | 375 km |
| 7.8 | 04.06.2000 16:28 | 44 km | 264 km |
| 7.6 | 04.06.2000 16:39 | 35.7 km | 273 km |
| 7.6 | 25.06.1914 19:07 | 35 km | 259 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.2001 19:28 | 25.8 km | 250 km |
| 7.3 | 25.09.1931 05:59 | 35 km | 309 km |
| 7.3 | 24.06.1933 21:54 | 20 km | 220 km |
| 7.3 | 25.07.2004 14:35 | 580.8 km | 83 km |
| 7.2 | 08.06.1943 20:42 | 15 km | 218 km |
| 7.2 | 03.06.1909 18:40 | 35 km | 372 km |
| 7.2 | 13.08.1913 04:25 | 75 km | 264 km |
| 7.1 | 10.02.1931 06:34 | 35 km | 288 km |
| 7.0 | 05.01.1900 19:00 | 0 km | 233 km |
| 7.0 | 18.08.2020 22:29 | 25.7 km | 333 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 06:07 | 36 km | 203 km |
| 4.5 | 06.10.2026 19:01 | 73.1 km | 246 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 19:27 | 136 km | 256 km |
| 3.1 | 21.09.2026 15:01 | 52 km | 192 km |
| 3.4 | 20.09.2026 02:49 | 13 km | 277 km |
| 3.5 | 18.09.2026 19:20 | 32 km | 245 km |
| 4.6 | 18.09.2026 16:37 | 102.6 km | 214 km |
| 4.3 | 15.09.2026 22:42 | 21 km | 120 km |
| 4.5 | 15.09.2026 16:12 | 76.2 km | 246 km |
| 6.5 | 11.09.2026 21:23 | 372 km | 362 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 00:23 | 46.2 km | 220 km |
| 5.0 | 05.09.2026 10:59 | 68.9 km | 191 km |
| 4.1 | 01.09.2026 12:23 | 115 km | 166 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 04:03 | 46 km | 180 km |
| 3.2 | 29.08.2026 20:20 | 60 km | 178 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 20:03 | 154 km | 256 km |
| 3.3 | 27.08.2026 07:58 | 95 km | 140 km |
| 4.4 | 21.08.2026 00:10 | 29 km | 216 km |
| 2.7 | 20.08.2026 02:12 | 8 km | 162 km |
| 2.7 | 19.08.2026 08:22 | 57 km | 202 km |
| 3.4 | 16.08.2026 06:42 | 10 km | 264 km |
| 2.5 | 15.08.2026 03:22 | 7 km | 192 km |
| 2.9 | 13.08.2026 16:10 | 6 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 11.08.2026 09:09 | 38 km | 193 km |
| 2.6 | 11.08.2026 05:16 | 10 km | 118 km |
| 4.7 | 11.08.2026 01:12 | 61.9 km | 213 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2026 14:10 | 40 km | 162 km |
| 4.1 | 06.08.2026 10:57 | 25 km | 230 km |
| 2.7 | 31.07.2026 23:20 | 47 km | 195 km |
| 3.2 | 31.07.2026 08:12 | 10 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 00:00 | 188 km | 134 km |
| 3.4 | 27.07.2026 12:09 | 26 km | 270 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 02:35 | 14 km | 141 km |
| 2.8 | 25.07.2026 19:19 | 97 km | 103 km |
| 4.1 | 22.07.2026 23:40 | 34 km | 222 km |
| 3.5 | 21.07.2026 22:18 | 81 km | 160 km |
| 3.1 | 21.07.2026 16:29 | 31 km | 216 km |
| 3.9 | 19.07.2026 23:57 | 35 km | 253 km |
| 2.6 | 18.07.2026 18:48 | 42 km | 253 km |
| 3.1 | 17.07.2026 03:55 | 34 km | 251 km |
| 3.2 | 14.07.2026 17:05 | 184 km | 250 km |
| 2.8 | 14.07.2026 11:48 | 153 km | 117 km |
| 2.6 | 13.07.2026 07:01 | 6 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2026 06:29 | 10 km | 104 km |
| 3.5 | 05.07.2026 14:08 | 23 km | 213 km |
| 2.9 | 05.07.2026 12:43 | 38 km | 231 km |
| 3.7 | 05.07.2026 10:37 | 29 km | 217 km |
| 2.5 | 02.07.2026 20:06 | 94 km | 184 km |
| 4.0 | 29.06.2026 20:04 | 49 km | 244 km |
| 3.3 | 28.06.2026 22:14 | 28 km | 217 km |
| 3.4 | 26.06.2026 16:22 | 33 km | 216 km |
| 2.7 | 26.06.2026 02:14 | 40 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 23.06.2026 07:43 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 4.3 | 22.06.2026 18:03 | 66.1 km | 195 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 05:21 | 20 km | 194 km |
| 2.5 | 21.06.2026 00:29 | 69 km | 180 km |
| 2.5 | 20.06.2026 17:00 | 10 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 20.06.2026 06:08 | 46 km | 196 km |
| 3.5 | 20.06.2026 01:40 | 59.3 km | 210 km |
| 5.0 | 20.06.2026 01:40 | 66.3 km | 205 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.