3.3
8,754
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.54
mean magnitude
7,923
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 | 207 km |
| 8.0 | 19.09.1985 13:17 | 15.6 km | 323 km |
| 7.9 | 03.06.1932 10:36 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 7.9 | 18.06.1932 10:12 | 15 km | 164 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1900 20:12 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 7.7 | 19.09.2022 18:05 | 14.6 km | 280 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1973 21:01 | 47 km | 279 km |
| 7.6 | 15.04.1941 19:09 | 30 km | 250 km |
| 7.6 | 07.06.1911 11:02 | 30 km | 288 km |
| 7.5 | 21.09.1985 01:37 | 25.9 km | 403 km |
| 7.5 | 22.01.2003 02:06 | 16.7 km | 246 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1979 11:07 | 18.5 km | 425 km |
| 7.3 | 20.01.1900 06:33 | 0 km | 174 km |
| 7.2 | 25.10.1981 03:22 | 25.4 km | 350 km |
| 7.1 | 11.01.1997 20:28 | 41 km | 315 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 10:59 | 2.8 km | 243 km |
| 3.3 | 13.10.2026 10:17 | 7.4 km | 196 km |
| 3.4 | 13.10.2026 08:27 | 5 km | 252 km |
| 3.7 | 13.10.2026 07:18 | 3 km | 238 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 21:16 | 8.5 km | 175 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 08:37 | 4.8 km | 215 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 19:54 | 71.1 km | 230 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 09:33 | 29.1 km | 196 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 10:59 | 28.4 km | 155 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 21:52 | 5 km | 38 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 21:01 | 7.6 km | 171 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 10:50 | 22.6 km | 193 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 08:54 | 51.8 km | 161 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 08:39 | 38.8 km | 196 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 10:54 | 60 km | 202 km |
| 3.3 | 06.10.2026 21:59 | 6.6 km | 190 km |
| 3.1 | 06.10.2026 21:51 | 23.9 km | 165 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 20:54 | 57.2 km | 205 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 20:09 | 6 km | 174 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 09:10 | 70.9 km | 188 km |
| 3.0 | 04.10.2026 22:52 | 54.7 km | 161 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 20:31 | 3.6 km | 191 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 19:57 | 5 km | 157 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 20:07 | 40.9 km | 194 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2026 22:44 | 2.8 km | 178 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 10:07 | 7.8 km | 144 km |
| 4.8 | 02.10.2026 06:53 | 24 km | 248 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2026 17:48 | 49.1 km | 159 km |
| 3.6 | 01.10.2026 09:47 | 2.8 km | 250 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 21:13 | 35 km | 169 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2026 19:51 | 32.6 km | 212 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 17:21 | 57.3 km | 152 km |
| 4.4 | 28.09.2026 07:21 | 51.8 km | 232 km |
| 3.1 | 27.09.2026 10:09 | 25.3 km | 159 km |
| 3.5 | 26.09.2026 10:06 | 5 km | 193 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 20:01 | 93.7 km | 245 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2026 19:45 | 5 km | 178 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 10:54 | 5 km | 270 km |
| 3.4 | 24.09.2026 21:40 | 48.5 km | 216 km |
| 3.2 | 23.09.2026 21:08 | 5 km | 234 km |
| 3.0 | 22.09.2026 22:47 | 12 km | 231 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2026 10:04 | 41.8 km | 158 km |
| 3.0 | 22.09.2026 08:59 | 13 km | 188 km |
| 3.7 | 21.09.2026 19:56 | 10.5 km | 190 km |
| 3.3 | 21.09.2026 19:15 | 44.4 km | 187 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2026 20:11 | 10.6 km | 152 km |
| 3.0 | 19.09.2026 10:25 | 33.3 km | 189 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 21:15 | 5 km | 172 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2026 22:07 | 5 km | 195 km |
| 3.4 | 16.09.2026 21:40 | 28.4 km | 178 km |
| 3.5 | 16.09.2026 20:06 | 5.9 km | 173 km |
| 3.1 | 15.09.2026 19:36 | 28.6 km | 124 km |
| 3.1 | 13.09.2026 10:36 | 5.9 km | 143 km |
| 3.6 | 12.09.2026 18:20 | 6.2 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 12.09.2026 09:41 | 45.5 km | 211 km |
| 3.3 | 10.09.2026 22:04 | 10 km | 243 km |
| 4.1 | 10.09.2026 05:10 | 84.6 km | 243 km |
| 3.2 | 09.09.2026 10:58 | 12.5 km | 164 km |
| 3.6 | 08.09.2026 10:02 | 35.2 km | 215 km |
| 3.3 | 08.09.2026 09:52 | 46 km | 174 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.