3.3
6,708
recorded earthquakes
M8.3
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.43
mean magnitude
5,382
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.3 | 25.09.2003 19:50 | 26.4 km | 203 km |
| 8.2 | 04.10.1994 13:23 | 29.2 km | 382 km |
| 8.2 | 16.05.1968 00:48 | 12.1 km | 298 km |
| 8.1 | 04.03.1952 01:22 | 45 km | 187 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1968 10:39 | 18 km | 226 km |
| 7.8 | 17.06.1973 03:55 | 40 km | 263 km |
| 7.8 | 06.12.1978 14:02 | 110.5 km | 359 km |
| 7.7 | 28.12.1994 12:19 | 10.6 km | 335 km |
| 7.7 | 26.05.1983 03:00 | 16.5 km | 440 km |
| 7.7 | 12.07.1993 13:17 | 12 km | 279 km |
| 7.7 | 28.02.1950 10:21 | 329 km | 279 km |
| 7.7 | 09.03.1931 03:49 | 35 km | 322 km |
| 7.6 | 08.12.2025 14:15 | 44.2 km | 275 km |
| 7.6 | 15.01.1993 11:06 | 92.3 km | 152 km |
| 7.5 | 01.08.1940 15:08 | 15 km | 277 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 11:33 | 80 km | 182 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2026 03:44 | 65.9 km | 174 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 16:46 | 67.8 km | 259 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 09:49 | 277.9 km | 172 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 22:14 | 60 km | 254 km |
| 3.8 | 08.10.2026 04:30 | 30 km | 265 km |
| 4.3 | 06.10.2026 01:48 | 71 km | 170 km |
| 3.5 | 27.09.2026 07:25 | 60 km | 152 km |
| 4.7 | 13.09.2026 08:31 | 120.4 km | 241 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 22:15 | 35 km | 268 km |
| 3.7 | 08.09.2026 13:23 | 80 km | 257 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 14:52 | 50 km | 186 km |
| 4.6 | 01.09.2026 19:21 | 74 km | 209 km |
| 4.3 | 01.09.2026 17:50 | 63.9 km | 163 km |
| 4.5 | 30.08.2026 00:14 | 63.6 km | 158 km |
| 3.7 | 28.08.2026 23:14 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 4.6 | 27.08.2026 22:13 | 63.7 km | 161 km |
| 5.0 | 25.08.2026 09:07 | 96.9 km | 251 km |
| 4.3 | 24.08.2026 22:05 | 132 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 24.08.2026 03:54 | 80 km | 198 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2026 16:36 | 63.2 km | 139 km |
| 6.0 | 23.08.2026 13:44 | 42.9 km | 182 km |
| 3.7 | 22.08.2026 02:35 | 100 km | 112 km |
| 3.5 | 19.08.2026 15:55 | 40 km | 179 km |
| 4.0 | 19.08.2026 15:50 | 50 km | 190 km |
| 3.1 | 14.08.2026 23:13 | 50 km | 211 km |
| 4.8 | 11.08.2026 21:45 | 68.9 km | 209 km |
| 3.5 | 11.08.2026 08:03 | 90 km | 164 km |
| 4.2 | 08.08.2026 01:32 | 35 km | 201 km |
| 4.3 | 03.08.2026 05:30 | 51 km | 157 km |
| 4.8 | 02.08.2026 14:49 | 62.6 km | 133 km |
| 5.5 | 01.08.2026 02:48 | 82.3 km | 241 km |
| 4.1 | 30.07.2026 05:36 | 115.4 km | 122 km |
| 3.7 | 26.07.2026 04:59 | 120 km | 225 km |
| 4.0 | 20.07.2026 23:18 | 302 km | 255 km |
| 3.1 | 14.07.2026 20:25 | 40 km | 263 km |
| 3.3 | 12.07.2026 14:13 | 0 km | 19 km |
| 3.6 | 12.07.2026 02:39 | 114.3 km | 146 km |
| 3.4 | 05.07.2026 17:26 | 30 km | 186 km |
| 4.5 | 02.07.2026 04:48 | 40 km | 168 km |
| 3.6 | 01.07.2026 21:10 | 62.4 km | 178 km |
| 3.5 | 01.07.2026 01:36 | 80 km | 117 km |
| 3.8 | 25.06.2026 21:01 | 0 km | 272 km |
| 4.0 | 25.06.2026 03:18 | 111.3 km | 208 km |
| 3.6 | 24.06.2026 07:46 | 90 km | 238 km |
| 4.3 | 22.06.2026 23:03 | 35 km | 255 km |
| 3.0 | 22.06.2026 07:38 | 50 km | 131 km |
| 4.1 | 19.06.2026 20:39 | 71.9 km | 250 km |
| 4.2 | 15.06.2026 07:33 | 69.4 km | 137 km |
| 3.7 | 11.06.2026 13:11 | 60 km | 174 km |
| 3.7 | 11.06.2026 05:02 | 62.5 km | 209 km |
| 4.1 | 04.06.2026 13:37 | 140.1 km | 257 km |
| 4.2 | 30.05.2026 14:34 | 103.5 km | 103 km |
| 3.9 | 28.05.2026 03:55 | 101.7 km | 175 km |
| 4.4 | 27.05.2026 07:38 | 68.1 km | 224 km |
| 3.5 | 23.05.2026 14:19 | 40 km | 225 km |
| 3.4 | 22.05.2026 06:22 | 10 km | 95 km |
| 3.6 | 16.05.2026 06:14 | 138.3 km | 141 km |
| 3.5 | 15.05.2026 18:47 | 162.7 km | 70 km |
| 4.6 | 13.05.2026 02:24 | 10 km | 334 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.