2.0
6,591
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1907–2026
record span
2.62
mean magnitude
5,005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.4 | 12.11.2017 18:18 | 20.1 km | 335 km |
| 7.1 | 23.10.2011 10:41 | 7.6 km | 218 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 82 km |
| 7.0 | 24.11.1976 12:22 | 11.9 km | 200 km |
| 6.5 | 11.08.2012 12:23 | 8.7 km | 118 km |
| 6.4 | 27.04.1931 16:50 | 15 km | 160 km |
| 6.3 | 11.08.2012 12:34 | 18.9 km | 114 km |
| 6.2 | 08.05.1930 15:35 | 15 km | 85 km |
| 6.2 | 23.10.2011 11:32 | 17.4 km | 222 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 242 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1997 12:57 | 22.6 km | 210 km |
| 6.0 | 10.09.1941 21:53 | 35 km | 297 km |
| 6.0 | 01.05.1935 10:24 | 35 km | 297 km |
| 6.0 | 28.09.1908 06:28 | 30 km | 148 km |
| 6.0 | 07.11.2019 22:47 | 13.4 km | 159 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 16:17 | 3 km | 191 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 15:33 | 7 km | 229 km |
| 2.2 | 12.10.2026 07:29 | 6.9 km | 186 km |
| 2.4 | 12.10.2026 04:15 | 7 km | 124 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 00:54 | 5.9 km | 210 km |
| 0.9 | 07.10.2026 23:28 | 7 km | 153 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 23:28 | 6.9 km | 159 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2026 23:00 | 7 km | 139 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 13:11 | 7 km | 172 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 13:09 | 7 km | 172 km |
| 2.1 | 06.10.2026 12:52 | 7 km | 112 km |
| 2.4 | 06.10.2026 12:07 | 7.1 km | 126 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 06:21 | 17.6 km | 174 km |
| 2.7 | 05.10.2026 12:59 | 7 km | 66 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 01:35 | 7.5 km | 226 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2026 00:16 | 5.6 km | 130 km |
| 1.1 | 03.10.2026 21:46 | 4.9 km | 266 km |
| 2.2 | 01.10.2026 21:01 | 7 km | 134 km |
| 1.9 | 30.09.2026 04:38 | 12.6 km | 155 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2026 21:45 | 6.6 km | 174 km |
| 1.6 | 29.09.2026 01:29 | 6.8 km | 227 km |
| 2.2 | 27.09.2026 02:58 | 7 km | 233 km |
| 2.3 | 22.09.2026 19:21 | 7.5 km | 223 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 08:30 | 7 km | 204 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 23:58 | 6 km | 154 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 09:39 | 6.4 km | 219 km |
| 1.8 | 21.09.2026 07:18 | 13.4 km | 124 km |
| 1.7 | 18.09.2026 15:49 | 7.1 km | 231 km |
| 1.9 | 16.09.2026 09:03 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2026 03:46 | 7 km | 218 km |
| 1.3 | 14.09.2026 03:39 | 7 km | 159 km |
| 2.1 | 13.09.2026 15:35 | 7.1 km | 150 km |
| 1.8 | 13.09.2026 14:54 | 6.6 km | 215 km |
| 2.5 | 11.09.2026 16:50 | 6.8 km | 108 km |
| 3.0 | 11.09.2026 14:26 | 17.3 km | 234 km |
| 1.7 | 07.09.2026 06:53 | 7.2 km | 117 km |
| 2.6 | 03.09.2026 10:49 | 7 km | 179 km |
| 2.2 | 03.09.2026 02:21 | 7 km | 114 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2026 20:04 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 2.9 | 29.08.2026 14:52 | 7 km | 110 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2026 11:16 | 9.5 km | 194 km |
| 1.8 | 16.08.2026 19:11 | 7 km | 143 km |
| 1.9 | 15.08.2026 00:33 | 7.2 km | 146 km |
| 1.9 | 13.08.2026 03:06 | 11.9 km | 201 km |
| 1.8 | 10.08.2026 21:48 | 7.7 km | 208 km |
| 1.8 | 09.08.2026 15:19 | 7.6 km | 183 km |
| 1.5 | 08.08.2026 23:48 | 7 km | 127 km |
| 3.0 | 04.08.2026 07:54 | 15.4 km | 167 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 22:19 | 7 km | 89 km |
| 2.5 | 28.07.2026 23:34 | 7 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 26.07.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 207 km |
| 1.8 | 24.07.2026 04:56 | 7 km | 130 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 11:39 | 6.8 km | 59 km |
| 2.3 | 23.07.2026 11:11 | 7.1 km | 65 km |
| 1.8 | 21.07.2026 21:50 | 6.3 km | 51 km |
| 2.7 | 19.07.2026 23:00 | 7 km | 237 km |
| 1.5 | 17.07.2026 00:00 | 7 km | 160 km |
| 2.1 | 15.07.2026 03:58 | 10.5 km | 158 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 06:57 | 80.8 km | 173 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 06:57 | 7.1 km | 56 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.