3.0
6,916
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1911–2026
record span
3.70
mean magnitude
5,014
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 28.08.2023 19:55 | 516.2 km | 217 km |
| 7.0 | 05.07.1911 18:40 | 370 km | 122 km |
| 7.0 | 09.05.1922 13:50 | 35 km | 149 km |
| 6.9 | 05.08.2018 11:46 | 31.9 km | 124 km |
| 6.9 | 19.08.2018 14:56 | 25.7 km | 100 km |
| 6.8 | 02.11.1954 08:24 | 20 km | 170 km |
| 6.6 | 08.11.2009 19:41 | 33.4 km | 130 km |
| 6.5 | 20.01.1917 23:11 | 15 km | 255 km |
| 6.5 | 11.03.1982 10:32 | 33.4 km | 130 km |
| 6.5 | 24.08.1938 15:43 | 50 km | 169 km |
| 6.5 | 29.10.1938 22:53 | 90 km | 173 km |
| 6.5 | 22.02.1998 06:18 | 2 km | 285 km |
| 6.5 | 17.12.1979 19:58 | 35.9 km | 204 km |
| 6.5 | 28.07.2018 22:47 | 25.9 km | 120 km |
| 6.5 | 25.11.2007 19:53 | 42.7 km | 116 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 04:50 | 10 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 02:34 | 215 km | 71 km |
| 2.8 | 09.10.2026 01:56 | 11 km | 88 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 18:57 | 10 km | 79 km |
| 4.6 | 06.10.2026 20:15 | 144.4 km | 143 km |
| 2.6 | 06.10.2026 07:11 | 25 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 23:12 | 100 km | 96 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 21:29 | 122 km | 66 km |
| 4.3 | 04.10.2026 19:18 | 82 km | 156 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 09:53 | 58 km | 183 km |
| 5.9 | 03.10.2026 22:55 | 46 km | 188 km |
| 2.9 | 03.10.2026 10:27 | 163 km | 185 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 14:52 | 12 km | 90 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 20:35 | 10 km | 108 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 19:19 | 101 km | 180 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 14:16 | 28 km | 52 km |
| 3.0 | 30.09.2026 20:36 | 97 km | 171 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 16:34 | 81 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2026 23:32 | 179 km | 52 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 01:12 | 10 km | 120 km |
| 3.7 | 26.09.2026 10:20 | 98 km | 66 km |
| 2.5 | 25.09.2026 04:34 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.5 | 24.09.2026 03:30 | 10 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 23.09.2026 20:30 | 11 km | 74 km |
| 3.7 | 23.09.2026 20:29 | 10 km | 75 km |
| 3.4 | 22.09.2026 15:43 | 108 km | 96 km |
| 2.8 | 20.09.2026 19:23 | 18 km | 73 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2026 17:51 | 76.4 km | 206 km |
| 3.1 | 12.09.2026 13:05 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 2.8 | 12.09.2026 12:42 | 14 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 11.09.2026 08:15 | 56 km | 175 km |
| 2.9 | 10.09.2026 02:43 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 2.5 | 10.09.2026 01:17 | 40 km | 112 km |
| 3.9 | 09.09.2026 22:48 | 145 km | 26 km |
| 2.8 | 09.09.2026 15:04 | 16 km | 43 km |
| 2.7 | 09.09.2026 14:49 | 31 km | 57 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2026 13:19 | 21 km | 63 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2026 04:36 | 10 km | 61 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2026 04:22 | 10 km | 62 km |
| 3.0 | 07.09.2026 18:24 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.9 | 06.09.2026 09:50 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2026 06:30 | 35 km | 189 km |
| 2.8 | 04.09.2026 10:41 | 51 km | 119 km |
| 4.0 | 03.09.2026 21:51 | 105 km | 97 km |
| 3.8 | 01.09.2026 17:31 | 113 km | 96 km |
| 3.8 | 01.09.2026 00:35 | 17 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 30.08.2026 06:27 | 112 km | 99 km |
| 2.9 | 23.08.2026 08:00 | 87 km | 154 km |
| 2.6 | 19.08.2026 21:21 | 14 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 19.08.2026 14:46 | 15 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 18.08.2026 15:54 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 2.8 | 17.08.2026 23:57 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 2.9 | 17.08.2026 23:53 | 11 km | 130 km |
| 2.5 | 17.08.2026 04:31 | 35 km | 75 km |
| 2.8 | 16.08.2026 07:59 | 11 km | 115 km |
| 2.5 | 16.08.2026 03:19 | 14 km | 74 km |
| 2.7 | 16.08.2026 00:51 | 10 km | 39 km |
| 3.3 | 16.08.2026 00:08 | 149 km | 62 km |
| 2.8 | 15.08.2026 19:34 | 10 km | 101 km |
| 3.6 | 15.08.2026 15:42 | 10 km | 200 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.