4.2
48,793
recorded earthquakes
M8.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.73
mean magnitude
42,490
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 | 350 km |
| 7.9 | 15.04.1907 06:08 | 30 km | 137 km |
| 7.8 | 28.07.1957 08:40 | 37.8 km | 307 km |
| 7.8 | 23.09.1902 20:18 | 0 km | 365 km |
| 7.8 | 15.01.1931 01:50 | 35 km | 131 km |
| 7.8 | 29.11.1978 19:52 | 20.6 km | 126 km |
| 7.7 | 17.06.1928 03:19 | 20 km | 116 km |
| 7.6 | 30.07.1909 10:51 | 20 km | 351 km |
| 7.5 | 11.10.1945 16:52 | 90 km | 246 km |
| 7.5 | 09.10.1928 03:01 | 25 km | 175 km |
| 7.5 | 22.03.1928 04:17 | 15 km | 114 km |
| 7.5 | 20.03.2012 18:02 | 19.4 km | 242 km |
| 7.5 | 26.03.1908 23:03 | 25 km | 303 km |
| 7.4 | 30.09.1999 16:31 | 47.1 km | 148 km |
| 7.4 | 14.01.1903 01:47 | 0 km | 307 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 13.10.2026 15:43 | 16.2 km | 211 km |
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 09:32 | 60.9 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 19:15 | 174.9 km | 208 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 18:59 | 172.4 km | 191 km |
| 3.7 | 12.10.2026 10:06 | 54.1 km | 136 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 09:37 | 151.9 km | 248 km |
| 3.8 | 12.10.2026 08:32 | 115 km | 108 km |
| 3.4 | 12.10.2026 08:24 | 5 km | 253 km |
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 02:36 | 16.2 km | 304 km |
| 4.0 | 12.10.2026 00:28 | 75.5 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 22:28 | 29.6 km | 180 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 21:17 | 101.9 km | 158 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 19:21 | 29.4 km | 263 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 10:20 | 32 km | 183 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 10:03 | 68.2 km | 240 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 08:38 | 4.1 km | 167 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 08:32 | 131.8 km | 173 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 08:11 | 62 km | 157 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 07:25 | 125.7 km | 132 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 22:38 | 17.4 km | 124 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 20:21 | 5 km | 234 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 20:03 | 120.9 km | 263 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 19:35 | 146.8 km | 211 km |
| 3.7 | 10.10.2026 09:55 | 111.6 km | 81 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 09:40 | 46.7 km | 145 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 09:26 | 117.7 km | 154 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 09:25 | 56.8 km | 86 km |
| 3.8 | 09.10.2026 21:42 | 144 km | 172 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 14:37 | 92.9 km | 321 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 10:57 | 45.7 km | 205 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 10:56 | 130.4 km | 234 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2026 10:48 | 5.3 km | 107 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 09:20 | 32.2 km | 178 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 09:11 | 112.5 km | 187 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 23:24 | 127.6 km | 228 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 22:53 | 4.8 km | 213 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 22:49 | 135.8 km | 229 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2026 21:15 | 174.4 km | 240 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 20:34 | 16.1 km | 238 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 19:47 | 10.2 km | 237 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 19:24 | 14 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 08.10.2026 18:32 | 98.9 km | 53 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 10:53 | 10 km | 141 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 10:46 | 5 km | 169 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 10:33 | 148.2 km | 240 km |
| 3.3 | 08.10.2026 10:27 | 10.9 km | 187 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 09:51 | 64.8 km | 86 km |
| 4.0 | 08.10.2026 06:55 | 137.6 km | 169 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 21:07 | 11.5 km | 224 km |
| 4.0 | 07.10.2026 20:52 | 94.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 20:38 | 23.6 km | 252 km |
| 3.8 | 07.10.2026 20:02 | 47.7 km | 109 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 19:45 | 10.5 km | 249 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 19:38 | 69.7 km | 124 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 19:00 | 12.4 km | 213 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 18:59 | 60.2 km | 200 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 18:34 | 31.5 km | 212 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 10:41 | 65 km | 225 km |
| 3.9 | 07.10.2026 10:36 | 16.2 km | 221 km |
| 3.6 | 07.10.2026 10:35 | 28.8 km | 248 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.