4.6
20,242
recorded earthquakes
M7.9
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.35
mean magnitude
18,180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 25.11.1953 17:48 | 25 km | 641 km |
| 7.9 | 01.09.1923 02:58 | 15 km | 912 km |
| 7.9 | 05.11.1938 08:43 | 35 km | 878 km |
| 7.9 | 11.03.2011 06:15 | 25.4 km | 861 km |
| 7.9 | 30.05.2015 11:23 | 685.5 km | 625 km |
| 7.8 | 05.11.1938 10:50 | 35 km | 892 km |
| 7.7 | 10.11.1930 13:35 | 30 km | 860 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1938 07:18 | 15 km | 865 km |
| 7.6 | 04.12.1972 10:16 | 58.2 km | 657 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1923 02:46 | 15 km | 837 km |
| 7.5 | 29.02.1972 09:23 | 47.1 km | 655 km |
| 7.4 | 21.12.2010 17:19 | 20.3 km | 437 km |
| 7.4 | 21.01.1906 13:49 | 300 km | 933 km |
| 7.4 | 12.02.1910 18:10 | 350 km | 859 km |
| 7.4 | 06.03.1984 02:17 | 450.1 km | 734 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 00:53 | 199.8 km | 752 km |
| 4.7 | 11.10.2026 16:24 | 55.8 km | 842 km |
| 4.6 | 08.10.2026 18:32 | 95.6 km | 569 km |
| 4.9 | 07.10.2026 19:13 | 73 km | 857 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2026 17:59 | 248.7 km | 766 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 10:53 | 40 km | 911 km |
| 4.6 | 06.10.2026 04:28 | 10 km | 366 km |
| 4.3 | 03.10.2026 22:27 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 4.5 | 01.10.2026 21:01 | 65 km | 933 km |
| 3.3 | 01.10.2026 12:51 | 40 km | 847 km |
| 3.6 | 01.10.2026 12:31 | 40 km | 839 km |
| 5.3 | 01.10.2026 12:27 | 41.6 km | 849 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 01:32 | 50 km | 943 km |
| 4.4 | 30.09.2026 21:16 | 35 km | 822 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 13:48 | 50 km | 845 km |
| 4.9 | 28.09.2026 19:45 | 71 km | 930 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 14:00 | 290.2 km | 763 km |
| 4.3 | 27.09.2026 00:45 | 76.5 km | 874 km |
| 3.6 | 24.09.2026 08:27 | 50 km | 845 km |
| 4.5 | 21.09.2026 15:56 | 10 km | 441 km |
| 4.4 | 20.09.2026 11:43 | 162.5 km | 755 km |
| 4.5 | 18.09.2026 08:39 | 35 km | 553 km |
| 5.0 | 18.09.2026 07:19 | 35.3 km | 530 km |
| 4.5 | 18.09.2026 02:12 | 36.3 km | 552 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 18:40 | 30 km | 843 km |
| 5.0 | 16.09.2026 15:07 | 77.3 km | 912 km |
| 4.9 | 13.09.2026 03:50 | 10 km | 581 km |
| 4.3 | 12.09.2026 19:18 | 20 km | 798 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2026 07:49 | 20 km | 825 km |
| 3.3 | 12.09.2026 06:56 | 20 km | 825 km |
| 4.6 | 06.09.2026 12:17 | 35 km | 639 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.2026 10:28 | 40 km | 868 km |
| 4.7 | 29.08.2026 15:17 | 34.8 km | 829 km |
| 3.3 | 29.08.2026 14:55 | 50 km | 847 km |
| 5.3 | 27.08.2026 05:44 | 10 km | 733 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2026 09:10 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 3.8 | 23.08.2026 22:32 | 30 km | 745 km |
| 5.8 | 22.08.2026 17:00 | 61 km | 899 km |
| 4.5 | 21.08.2026 15:08 | 10 km | 407 km |
| 5.4 | 21.08.2026 12:02 | 61.7 km | 714 km |
| 4.8 | 14.08.2026 09:58 | 10 km | 612 km |
| 4.8 | 14.08.2026 04:53 | 516.4 km | 714 km |
| 4.1 | 11.08.2026 22:28 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 3.4 | 09.08.2026 09:59 | 70 km | 886 km |
| 3.2 | 08.08.2026 07:55 | 60 km | 834 km |
| 3.4 | 07.08.2026 07:41 | 70 km | 870 km |
| 3.5 | 05.08.2026 09:06 | 120 km | 905 km |
| 4.4 | 04.08.2026 04:46 | 105.4 km | 677 km |
| 3.3 | 01.08.2026 09:22 | 20 km | 825 km |
| 4.4 | 01.08.2026 06:01 | 35 km | 741 km |
| 4.1 | 27.07.2026 23:20 | 462 km | 687 km |
| 4.5 | 27.07.2026 19:03 | 428.2 km | 656 km |
| 4.5 | 24.07.2026 23:18 | 70 km | 696 km |
| 4.6 | 24.07.2026 18:43 | 39.4 km | 506 km |
| 4.4 | 20.07.2026 18:44 | 10 km | 416 km |
| 3.1 | 20.07.2026 17:23 | 20 km | 948 km |
| 4.4 | 17.07.2026 19:45 | 47 km | 819 km |
| 3.7 | 16.07.2026 16:04 | 10 km | 675 km |
| 3.8 | 16.07.2026 00:01 | 43.1 km | 840 km |
| 3.0 | 13.07.2026 06:32 | 50 km | 845 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.