1.8
9,653
recorded earthquakes
M7.4
largest
1905–2026
record span
2.88
mean magnitude
7,476
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 | 276 km |
| 7.3 | 20.06.1990 21:00 | 15.3 km | 680 km |
| 7.1 | 06.05.1930 22:34 | 15 km | 552 km |
| 7.0 | 01.09.1962 19:20 | 15 km | 637 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 721 km |
| 6.6 | 16.08.1958 19:13 | 15 km | 410 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1980 18:35 | 25.6 km | 739 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.2002 02:58 | 16.3 km | 556 km |
| 6.5 | 13.12.1957 01:45 | 15 km | 402 km |
| 6.3 | 04.11.1978 15:22 | 31.1 km | 699 km |
| 6.3 | 25.11.2018 16:37 | 17.3 km | 234 km |
| 6.2 | 15.07.1929 07:44 | 35 km | 561 km |
| 6.2 | 18.08.2014 02:32 | 12.9 km | 382 km |
| 6.1 | 18.12.1980 12:34 | 42.1 km | 308 km |
| 6.1 | 11.01.1967 11:20 | 22.9 km | 211 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 13.10.2026 22:05 | 7 km | 303 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 09:50 | 7 km | 564 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 00:54 | 5.9 km | 346 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 23:28 | 6.9 km | 468 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 13:11 | 7 km | 450 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 13:09 | 7 km | 451 km |
| 1.5 | 05.10.2026 08:50 | 6.9 km | 592 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 01:35 | 7.5 km | 344 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2026 00:16 | 5.6 km | 469 km |
| 2.2 | 02.10.2026 23:17 | 18.9 km | 500 km |
| 1.0 | 01.10.2026 03:09 | 10.8 km | 617 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 00:20 | 35.5 km | 352 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2026 21:45 | 6.6 km | 425 km |
| 1.3 | 28.09.2026 04:51 | 7.1 km | 653 km |
| 2.2 | 27.09.2026 02:58 | 7 km | 343 km |
| 1.0 | 25.09.2026 21:03 | 7 km | 650 km |
| 1.1 | 25.09.2026 02:50 | 10.9 km | 651 km |
| 2.3 | 24.09.2026 11:16 | 7 km | 650 km |
| 2.4 | 24.09.2026 07:59 | 11.3 km | 649 km |
| 1.5 | 24.09.2026 07:58 | 7.4 km | 509 km |
| 5.3 | 24.09.2026 07:40 | 10 km | 651 km |
| 1.7 | 15.09.2026 23:41 | 7 km | 322 km |
| 1.6 | 15.09.2026 11:09 | 7.6 km | 398 km |
| 3.0 | 15.09.2026 08:49 | 7 km | 394 km |
| 1.9 | 12.09.2026 23:30 | 9.8 km | 279 km |
| 2.5 | 11.09.2026 16:50 | 6.8 km | 462 km |
| 3.0 | 11.09.2026 14:26 | 17.3 km | 337 km |
| 1.4 | 10.09.2026 22:44 | 7.7 km | 432 km |
| 2.0 | 10.09.2026 22:13 | 9.5 km | 456 km |
| 1.8 | 09.09.2026 09:05 | 6.3 km | 589 km |
| 4.3 | 07.09.2026 09:25 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 1.6 | 06.09.2026 01:16 | 7.3 km | 439 km |
| 1.3 | 03.09.2026 19:07 | 7.6 km | 631 km |
| 1.7 | 03.09.2026 15:21 | 5.8 km | 615 km |
| 2.6 | 03.09.2026 10:49 | 7 km | 428 km |
| 2.2 | 03.09.2026 02:21 | 7 km | 473 km |
| 1.5 | 01.09.2026 09:22 | 7.1 km | 568 km |
| 1.0 | 29.08.2026 21:32 | 7 km | 448 km |
| 2.9 | 29.08.2026 14:52 | 7 km | 443 km |
| 4.4 | 29.08.2026 07:15 | 15 km | 235 km |
| 1.1 | 26.08.2026 07:55 | 7 km | 515 km |
| 4.0 | 26.08.2026 07:49 | 12 km | 330 km |
| 4.2 | 25.08.2026 06:19 | 10 km | 348 km |
| 0.9 | 22.08.2026 22:15 | 7 km | 661 km |
| 4.4 | 19.08.2026 17:36 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 2.1 | 17.08.2026 15:54 | 7.6 km | 605 km |
| 1.7 | 16.08.2026 16:33 | 18.1 km | 439 km |
| 1.4 | 16.08.2026 10:06 | 10.4 km | 653 km |
| 3.9 | 13.08.2026 22:27 | 9 km | 281 km |
| 4.5 | 13.08.2026 21:23 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 4.4 | 13.08.2026 02:33 | 2.3 km | 416 km |
| 1.5 | 12.08.2026 09:26 | 7.3 km | 569 km |
| 4.7 | 10.08.2026 15:01 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 2.1 | 02.08.2026 23:12 | 7 km | 464 km |
| 1.5 | 02.08.2026 22:19 | 7 km | 465 km |
| 3.4 | 02.08.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 252 km |
| 4.6 | 01.08.2026 20:27 | 35 km | 232 km |
| 1.8 | 01.08.2026 14:46 | 7 km | 458 km |
| 2.6 | 01.08.2026 00:09 | 7 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 31.07.2026 04:49 | 10 km | 258 km |
Regions
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.