4.1
10,737
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.72
mean magnitude
9,041
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 | 237 km |
| 8.0 | 19.09.1985 13:17 | 15.6 km | 130 km |
| 7.9 | 18.06.1932 10:12 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 7.9 | 03.06.1932 10:36 | 15 km | 207 km |
| 7.8 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 380 km |
| 7.8 | 16.05.1900 20:12 | 0 km | 336 km |
| 7.7 | 19.09.2022 18:05 | 14.6 km | 151 km |
| 7.6 | 15.04.1941 19:09 | 30 km | 123 km |
| 7.6 | 16.12.1911 19:14 | 30 km | 302 km |
| 7.6 | 07.06.1911 11:02 | 30 km | 89 km |
| 7.6 | 30.01.1973 21:01 | 47 km | 143 km |
| 7.5 | 21.09.1985 01:37 | 25.9 km | 159 km |
| 7.5 | 27.03.1908 03:45 | 0 km | 260 km |
| 7.5 | 22.01.2003 02:06 | 16.7 km | 240 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1979 11:07 | 18.5 km | 174 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 12:42 | 56.2 km | 94 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 09:13 | 59.6 km | 237 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 19:54 | 71.1 km | 129 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 07:58 | 16.1 km | 180 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 21:57 | 5.2 km | 185 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 19:58 | 51.2 km | 153 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 22:54 | 5 km | 206 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 10:01 | 16.1 km | 159 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 12:01 | 10 km | 167 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 09:47 | 56.8 km | 162 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 09:12 | 65.8 km | 162 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 20:50 | 42.9 km | 146 km |
| 3.6 | 05.10.2026 08:42 | 47.5 km | 164 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 21:16 | 47.7 km | 128 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 21:14 | 16.1 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 20:31 | 3.6 km | 185 km |
| 3.7 | 04.10.2026 20:12 | 2.2 km | 193 km |
| 3.9 | 03.10.2026 21:13 | 78.1 km | 125 km |
| 4.1 | 03.10.2026 16:36 | 54 km | 192 km |
| 3.7 | 03.10.2026 10:53 | 8.4 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 10:44 | 72.4 km | 72 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 10:38 | 61.6 km | 161 km |
| 4.1 | 03.10.2026 03:45 | 4 km | 170 km |
| 3.3 | 02.10.2026 21:02 | 56.2 km | 151 km |
| 3.1 | 02.10.2026 10:07 | 7.8 km | 169 km |
| 3.2 | 01.10.2026 19:15 | 58.6 km | 153 km |
| 3.5 | 30.09.2026 21:30 | 75 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 30.09.2026 18:46 | 75 km | 149 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 08:27 | 71.3 km | 110 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 22:40 | 76.5 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 21:13 | 35 km | 200 km |
| 3.1 | 28.09.2026 19:51 | 32.6 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 08:05 | 35.6 km | 197 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2026 18:03 | 6.1 km | 184 km |
| 3.3 | 26.09.2026 10:42 | 58.6 km | 200 km |
| 3.4 | 25.09.2026 22:22 | 10 km | 216 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 20:01 | 93.7 km | 82 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 10:54 | 5 km | 23 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 20:53 | 57.9 km | 223 km |
| 3.1 | 22.09.2026 20:29 | 60.5 km | 213 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2026 20:23 | 16.9 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 22.09.2026 09:42 | 61.1 km | 133 km |
| 3.5 | 21.09.2026 20:00 | 3.7 km | 176 km |
| 3.3 | 20.09.2026 19:24 | 28 km | 203 km |
| 3.6 | 20.09.2026 10:20 | 56.3 km | 151 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2026 10:52 | 61.8 km | 206 km |
| 3.8 | 19.09.2026 09:12 | 51.2 km | 151 km |
| 3.5 | 18.09.2026 17:00 | 5 km | 158 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2026 10:46 | 45 km | 169 km |
| 3.1 | 17.09.2026 09:30 | 55.1 km | 186 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2026 22:07 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2026 09:47 | 11.6 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 16.09.2026 00:26 | 57.4 km | 186 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2026 09:57 | 59.4 km | 169 km |
| 3.1 | 14.09.2026 18:29 | 2.8 km | 209 km |
| 3.2 | 14.09.2026 18:22 | 57.1 km | 170 km |
| 3.4 | 13.09.2026 10:58 | 54.7 km | 168 km |
| 3.3 | 13.09.2026 10:41 | 13.6 km | 148 km |
| 3.0 | 13.09.2026 09:39 | 64.3 km | 134 km |
| 3.5 | 12.09.2026 22:30 | 1.7 km | 198 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.