3.3
9,066
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.67
mean magnitude
7,262
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 09.10.1995 15:35 | 27.4 km | 522 km |
| 8.0 | 19.09.1985 13:17 | 15.6 km | 700 km |
| 7.9 | 18.06.1932 10:12 | 15 km | 553 km |
| 7.9 | 03.06.1932 10:36 | 15 km | 572 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1900 20:12 | 0 km | 452 km |
| 7.7 | 19.09.2022 18:05 | 14.6 km | 636 km |
| 7.6 | 15.04.1941 19:09 | 30 km | 647 km |
| 7.6 | 07.06.1911 11:02 | 30 km | 707 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1973 21:01 | 47 km | 645 km |
| 7.5 | 22.01.2003 02:06 | 16.7 km | 524 km |
| 7.3 | 20.01.1900 06:33 | 0 km | 452 km |
| 7.2 | 10.04.1906 21:18 | 0 km | 150 km |
| 7.1 | 11.01.1997 20:28 | 41 km | 669 km |
| 7.1 | 30.11.1934 02:05 | 15 km | 409 km |
| 7.1 | 17.12.1905 05:27 | 0 km | 460 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 10:59 | 2.8 km | 423 km |
| 3.9 | 13.10.2026 10:20 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 10:17 | 7.4 km | 530 km |
| 3.7 | 13.10.2026 07:18 | 3 km | 509 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 21:16 | 8.5 km | 527 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 08:37 | 4.8 km | 549 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 09:33 | 29.1 km | 512 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 21:57 | 5.2 km | 579 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 10:59 | 28.4 km | 518 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 21:01 | 7.6 km | 533 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 10:50 | 22.6 km | 528 km |
| 3.9 | 09.10.2026 10:18 | 5 km | 317 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 22:54 | 5 km | 563 km |
| 3.2 | 08.10.2026 09:23 | 16.7 km | 502 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 08:39 | 38.8 km | 457 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 10:54 | 60 km | 487 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 06:11 | 5 km | 388 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 21:59 | 6.6 km | 536 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2026 21:51 | 23.9 km | 554 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 20:54 | 57.2 km | 470 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 20:09 | 6 km | 532 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 09:10 | 70.9 km | 500 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 20:31 | 3.6 km | 574 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 20:12 | 2.2 km | 600 km |
| 4.0 | 04.10.2026 06:03 | 10 km | 344 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 20:07 | 40.9 km | 510 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 08:46 | 16.1 km | 501 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2026 22:44 | 2.8 km | 527 km |
| 3.4 | 02.10.2026 10:35 | 15.6 km | 503 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 10:07 | 7.8 km | 600 km |
| 3.4 | 02.10.2026 09:54 | 16.6 km | 533 km |
| 4.8 | 02.10.2026 06:53 | 24 km | 502 km |
| 3.6 | 01.10.2026 09:47 | 2.8 km | 428 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 21:59 | 10.4 km | 547 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 08:38 | 5 km | 317 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 21:13 | 35 km | 562 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2026 19:51 | 32.6 km | 555 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 08:05 | 35.6 km | 573 km |
| 4.4 | 28.09.2026 07:21 | 51.8 km | 501 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 10:38 | 18.3 km | 525 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2026 10:09 | 25.3 km | 543 km |
| 3.7 | 26.09.2026 08:21 | 14.6 km | 554 km |
| 3.4 | 25.09.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 566 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2026 19:45 | 5 km | 527 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2026 21:40 | 48.5 km | 462 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2026 04:10 | 10 km | 93 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2026 21:08 | 5 km | 456 km |
| 3.0 | 22.09.2026 22:47 | 12 km | 456 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2026 10:04 | 41.8 km | 556 km |
| 3.0 | 22.09.2026 08:59 | 13 km | 547 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2026 20:00 | 3.7 km | 588 km |
| 3.7 | 21.09.2026 19:56 | 10.5 km | 540 km |
| 3.3 | 21.09.2026 19:15 | 44.4 km | 500 km |
| 3.3 | 20.09.2026 19:24 | 28 km | 574 km |
| 3.0 | 19.09.2026 10:25 | 33.3 km | 535 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 21:15 | 5 km | 531 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2026 10:46 | 45 km | 602 km |
| 3.4 | 16.09.2026 21:40 | 28.4 km | 542 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 20:06 | 5.9 km | 533 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2026 18:29 | 2.8 km | 557 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.