3.0
4,011
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1908–2026
record span
3.16
mean magnitude
1,863
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 10.11.1940 01:39 | 150 km | 203 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1977 19:21 | 85.3 km | 178 km |
| 7.2 | 30.08.1986 21:28 | 137.4 km | 216 km |
| 6.9 | 30.05.1990 10:40 | 92.5 km | 181 km |
| 6.6 | 06.10.1908 21:39 | 150 km | 216 km |
| 6.5 | 22.10.1940 06:37 | 150 km | 196 km |
| 6.5 | 07.09.1945 15:48 | 100 km | 164 km |
| 6.3 | 31.05.1990 00:17 | 91.1 km | 180 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1934 20:06 | 150 km | 196 km |
| 6.0 | 25.05.1912 18:01 | 100 km | 160 km |
| 6.0 | 09.12.1945 06:08 | 100 km | 261 km |
| 5.8 | 27.10.2004 20:34 | 96.7 km | 184 km |
| 5.8 | 29.05.1948 04:48 | 150 km | 164 km |
| 5.8 | 01.11.1929 06:57 | 160 km | 185 km |
| 5.7 | 23.09.2016 23:11 | 95 km | 191 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 14:53 | 100.3 km | 210 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 15:41 | 118.4 km | 217 km |
| 3.7 | 05.10.2026 05:36 | 133.5 km | 198 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 03:05 | 114.6 km | 215 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 01:22 | 140.9 km | 207 km |
| 2.9 | 02.10.2026 23:41 | 136.9 km | 196 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 07:43 | 84 km | 204 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 03:48 | 80.7 km | 192 km |
| 2.9 | 22.09.2026 15:14 | 111.7 km | 182 km |
| 2.9 | 14.09.2026 10:08 | 111.3 km | 192 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2026 04:04 | 149.6 km | 217 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2026 19:49 | 147.6 km | 213 km |
| 3.3 | 01.09.2026 06:54 | 22.2 km | 182 km |
| 3.2 | 31.08.2026 17:37 | 84.5 km | 173 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 15:46 | 20.1 km | 180 km |
| 3.4 | 31.08.2026 04:12 | 98 km | 180 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2026 01:56 | 143.6 km | 213 km |
| 2.9 | 18.08.2026 23:28 | 142.3 km | 210 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 20:58 | 133.3 km | 197 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 06:50 | 120.9 km | 186 km |
| 2.6 | 08.08.2026 07:03 | 11 km | 98 km |
| 2.8 | 07.08.2026 23:47 | 136.7 km | 208 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 20:47 | 89.6 km | 193 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 15:46 | 17.7 km | 195 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 09:34 | 121.9 km | 199 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2026 14:01 | 119.6 km | 207 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 19:47 | 103.6 km | 202 km |
| 2.4 | 26.07.2026 01:52 | 18.8 km | 196 km |
| 3.2 | 25.07.2026 20:20 | 89 km | 204 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 12:13 | 103.1 km | 218 km |
| 3.3 | 24.07.2026 02:19 | 109.3 km | 212 km |
| 2.5 | 22.07.2026 01:13 | 120.2 km | 219 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 00:07 | 116.6 km | 220 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2026 14:45 | 85.5 km | 210 km |
| 2.8 | 17.07.2026 08:00 | 133 km | 210 km |
| 1.6 | 09.07.2026 06:43 | 5 km | 201 km |
| 3.4 | 08.07.2026 22:30 | 124.5 km | 193 km |
| 2.8 | 06.07.2026 07:14 | 125.2 km | 182 km |
| 2.9 | 04.07.2026 07:46 | 2 km | 203 km |
| 2.5 | 30.06.2026 02:28 | 85.9 km | 193 km |
| 2.8 | 26.06.2026 04:16 | 119 km | 212 km |
| 2.6 | 24.06.2026 16:36 | 119.5 km | 207 km |
| 2.8 | 24.06.2026 14:41 | 127.2 km | 201 km |
| 2.9 | 20.06.2026 23:35 | 105.6 km | 189 km |
| 3.5 | 19.06.2026 15:41 | 133.4 km | 180 km |
| 2.5 | 19.06.2026 15:33 | 25.5 km | 214 km |
| 2.0 | 15.06.2026 10:37 | 4 km | 202 km |
| 1.6 | 14.06.2026 02:33 | 4 km | 206 km |
| 3.2 | 10.06.2026 22:58 | 119.4 km | 197 km |
| 2.8 | 09.06.2026 04:46 | 101.1 km | 218 km |
| 3.5 | 07.06.2026 20:55 | 131.3 km | 205 km |
| 3.1 | 03.06.2026 00:27 | 124.7 km | 217 km |
| 3.3 | 31.05.2026 21:47 | 113.6 km | 214 km |
| 2.7 | 30.05.2026 02:01 | 73.4 km | 184 km |
| 3.2 | 29.05.2026 17:08 | 119.5 km | 216 km |
| 2.5 | 26.05.2026 12:05 | 99.1 km | 203 km |
| 3.7 | 25.05.2026 14:33 | 134.1 km | 198 km |
| 3.4 | 24.05.2026 02:02 | 87.9 km | 201 km |
| 2.9 | 22.05.2026 21:58 | 125.2 km | 198 km |
| 2.6 | 16.05.2026 23:33 | 119.6 km | 204 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.