3.5
29,219
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
3.65
mean magnitude
22,671
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 | 19.09.1985 13:17 | 15.6 km | 267 km |
| 7.9 | 15.04.1907 06:08 | 30 km | 319 km |
| 7.8 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 122 km |
| 7.7 | 19.09.2022 18:05 | 14.6 km | 334 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1973 21:01 | 47 km | 326 km |
| 7.6 | 07.06.1911 11:02 | 30 km | 270 km |
| 7.6 | 16.12.1911 19:14 | 30 km | 49 km |
| 7.6 | 30.07.1909 10:51 | 20 km | 144 km |
| 7.6 | 15.04.1941 19:09 | 30 km | 331 km |
| 7.5 | 21.09.1985 01:37 | 25.9 km | 162 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 169 km |
| 7.5 | 27.03.1908 03:45 | 0 km | 117 km |
| 7.5 | 09.10.1928 03:01 | 25 km | 316 km |
| 7.5 | 20.03.2012 18:02 | 19.4 km | 221 km |
| 7.5 | 26.03.1908 23:03 | 25 km | 165 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 13.10.2026 06:15 | 28.2 km | 110 km |
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 06:07 | 38.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 21:58 | 45.1 km | 54 km |
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 12:42 | 56.2 km | 173 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 10:46 | 26.1 km | 103 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 09:13 | 59.6 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 08:24 | 5 km | 206 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 22:53 | 49.9 km | 59 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 20:28 | 52.4 km | 111 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 19:47 | 3.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 19:21 | 29.4 km | 191 km |
| 3.5 | 11.10.2026 18:13 | 27.1 km | 118 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 10:22 | 18.1 km | 92 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 09:27 | 54.6 km | 93 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 22:10 | 31.2 km | 75 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 19:58 | 51.2 km | 149 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 10:55 | 28.8 km | 138 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 09:21 | 12.6 km | 79 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 20:47 | 54.8 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 10:57 | 45.7 km | 258 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 09:52 | 50.6 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 22:53 | 4.8 km | 265 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 22:38 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 19:47 | 10.2 km | 249 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 19:29 | 11.9 km | 116 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 21:44 | 18.3 km | 122 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 21:07 | 11.5 km | 261 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 20:38 | 23.6 km | 212 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 19:45 | 10.5 km | 210 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 12:01 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 3.2 | 07.10.2026 10:43 | 4.5 km | 60 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 10:35 | 28.8 km | 210 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 10:25 | 45.9 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 09:56 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 00:58 | 5 km | 57 km |
| 4.0 | 06.10.2026 22:58 | 5.9 km | 155 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 10:51 | 3.2 km | 248 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 09:47 | 56.8 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 09:12 | 65.8 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 05.10.2026 22:57 | 10 km | 262 km |
| 3.1 | 05.10.2026 22:04 | 55.8 km | 61 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 20:59 | 16.1 km | 202 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 20:37 | 58.6 km | 41 km |
| 3.0 | 05.10.2026 20:19 | 9.9 km | 167 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 10:49 | 5 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2026 08:42 | 47.5 km | 137 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2026 08:38 | 33.4 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 21:30 | 44.7 km | 99 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 20:32 | 15.8 km | 213 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2026 10:54 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 08:49 | 13.8 km | 236 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 06:37 | 5 km | 125 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 06:34 | 30.8 km | 215 km |
| 3.9 | 03.10.2026 21:13 | 78.1 km | 136 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 20:49 | 57.2 km | 164 km |
| 4.1 | 03.10.2026 16:36 | 54 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 10:58 | 7.6 km | 68 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 10:57 | 9.1 km | 248 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 10:44 | 72.4 km | 190 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 10:38 | 61.6 km | 100 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.