3.8
17,060
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.00
mean magnitude
12,065
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | 08.09.2017 04:49 | 51.1 km | 229 km |
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 85 km |
| 7.7 | 06.08.1942 23:37 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.5 | 23.10.1950 16:13 | 65.3 km | 221 km |
| 7.5 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 150 km | 86 km |
| 7.5 | 19.04.1902 02:23 | 0 km | 286 km |
| 7.5 | 04.02.1976 09:01 | 7.6 km | 345 km |
| 7.4 | 14.01.1903 01:48 | — | 326 km |
| 7.4 | 07.11.2012 16:35 | 38.7 km | 250 km |
| 7.3 | 29.04.1970 14:01 | 56.5 km | 206 km |
| 7.2 | 10.09.1993 19:12 | 23.4 km | 185 km |
| 7.2 | 30.03.1914 00:41 | 15 km | 261 km |
| 7.2 | 17.07.2026 14:48 | 30 km | 190 km |
| 7.2 | 14.12.1935 22:05 | 35 km | 174 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1995 02:38 | 163.7 km | 139 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 06:24 | 10 km | 291 km |
| 3.2 | 13.10.2026 06:00 | 70.2 km | 186 km |
| 3.9 | 13.10.2026 05:56 | 75.9 km | 176 km |
| 3.7 | 12.10.2026 21:12 | 200.5 km | 66 km |
| 3.9 | 12.10.2026 20:58 | 23.2 km | 183 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2026 18:34 | 105.1 km | 132 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 09:37 | 151.9 km | 193 km |
| 3.9 | 12.10.2026 09:17 | 16.1 km | 245 km |
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 08:57 | 17.1 km | 249 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 22:43 | 17.8 km | 216 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 14:54 | 123.8 km | 224 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 06:39 | 111.8 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 00:40 | 15.2 km | 209 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2026 21:48 | 13.6 km | 248 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 20:03 | 120.9 km | 182 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2026 19:57 | 10 km | 215 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 19:35 | 146.8 km | 228 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 09:49 | 16.3 km | 255 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 07:47 | 10 km | 181 km |
| 3.8 | 09.10.2026 21:39 | 18.5 km | 221 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 14:37 | 92.9 km | 158 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 10:56 | 130.4 km | 200 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 08:59 | 68.9 km | 129 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 23:24 | 127.6 km | 206 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 22:49 | 135.8 km | 205 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2026 21:15 | 174.4 km | 206 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 13:16 | 80 km | 195 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 10:43 | 16.5 km | 201 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 10:33 | 148.2 km | 195 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 09:53 | 162.4 km | 81 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 09:44 | 57 km | 180 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 09:42 | 16.3 km | 248 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 20:26 | 175.9 km | 82 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 18:34 | 31.5 km | 232 km |
| 4.2 | 07.10.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 238 km |
| 4.3 | 07.10.2026 13:16 | 10 km | 241 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 10:27 | 10 km | 184 km |
| 4.9 | 07.10.2026 07:43 | 61.7 km | 209 km |
| 3.4 | 06.10.2026 22:03 | 48.7 km | 199 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 19:52 | 139.1 km | 161 km |
| 3.8 | 06.10.2026 09:30 | 75.7 km | 176 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 08:45 | 87.2 km | 184 km |
| 4.1 | 06.10.2026 06:52 | 170.3 km | 188 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 21:54 | 95.7 km | 183 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2026 16:44 | 51.7 km | 234 km |
| 3.9 | 05.10.2026 09:43 | 107.4 km | 145 km |
| 3.8 | 05.10.2026 09:41 | 145.8 km | 228 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 09:31 | 91.2 km | 135 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 06:02 | 128 km | 154 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2026 20:39 | 40.2 km | 193 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 10:39 | 126.3 km | 69 km |
| 3.9 | 03.10.2026 19:42 | 50.5 km | 263 km |
| 3.6 | 03.10.2026 19:08 | 139 km | 216 km |
| 3.8 | 03.10.2026 10:49 | 30 km | 205 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 09:01 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2026 08:57 | 10 km | 178 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2026 22:50 | 13.4 km | 203 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2026 19:51 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.2 | 02.10.2026 17:48 | 78.2 km | 177 km |
| 4.2 | 02.10.2026 11:35 | 115.2 km | 246 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.