1.8
21,188
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1910–2026
record span
2.42
mean magnitude
20,501
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 28.02.1969 02:40 | 18.5 km | 838 km |
| 7.8 | 26.05.1975 09:11 | 18.5 km | 1162 km |
| 7.8 | 29.03.1954 06:17 | 626.2 km | 1066 km |
| 7.0 | 08.09.2023 22:11 | 18.5 km | 270 km |
| 6.8 | 27.12.1941 18:17 | 60 km | 828 km |
| 6.6 | 15.03.1964 22:30 | 32.3 km | 853 km |
| 6.4 | 25.01.2016 04:22 | 11.2 km | 939 km |
| 6.3 | 24.02.2004 02:27 | 13.1 km | 884 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1969 04:25 | 30.1 km | 851 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 488 km |
| 6.1 | 16.06.1910 04:16 | 35 km | 1000 km |
| 6.0 | 12.02.2007 10:35 | 29.4 km | 812 km |
| 5.9 | 26.05.1994 08:26 | 15.1 km | 880 km |
| 5.9 | 29.02.1960 23:40 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 5.8 | 16.06.1910 16:27 | 15 km | 909 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 19:51 | 25 km | 923 km |
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 19:48 | 20.5 km | 921 km |
| 2.1 | 12.10.2026 06:26 | 3.8 km | 698 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 01:26 | 29.6 km | 909 km |
| 1.8 | 10.10.2026 06:59 | 12.2 km | 707 km |
| 2.1 | 09.10.2026 23:18 | 105.6 km | 893 km |
| 2.3 | 09.10.2026 04:39 | 25.8 km | 848 km |
| 2.1 | 09.10.2026 02:22 | 17.7 km | 932 km |
| 2.6 | 08.10.2026 05:43 | 13.2 km | 855 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2026 16:53 | 39.6 km | 711 km |
| 1.7 | 06.10.2026 09:59 | 0 km | 702 km |
| 1.7 | 06.10.2026 09:42 | 31.1 km | 744 km |
| 1.5 | 05.10.2026 23:13 | 21.3 km | 750 km |
| 1.6 | 05.10.2026 20:07 | 17.4 km | 750 km |
| 1.8 | 05.10.2026 18:33 | 3.5 km | 749 km |
| 2.0 | 05.10.2026 07:34 | 25.1 km | 700 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2026 05:28 | 11.9 km | 706 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 02:29 | 10 km | 751 km |
| 1.5 | 04.10.2026 14:58 | 10.8 km | 757 km |
| 1.9 | 04.10.2026 06:41 | 17 km | 704 km |
| 3.2 | 02.10.2026 04:06 | 4.5 km | 516 km |
| 1.7 | 02.10.2026 00:51 | 10.6 km | 701 km |
| 1.5 | 01.10.2026 02:13 | 16.5 km | 712 km |
| 1.7 | 30.09.2026 23:12 | 11.4 km | 702 km |
| 1.5 | 30.09.2026 02:31 | 10 km | 708 km |
| 1.6 | 30.09.2026 00:29 | 30 km | 942 km |
| 2.9 | 29.09.2026 10:39 | 50 km | 905 km |
| 1.5 | 29.09.2026 00:23 | 25.6 km | 739 km |
| 2.8 | 28.09.2026 06:04 | 12 km | 860 km |
| 2.3 | 26.09.2026 09:57 | 6 km | 702 km |
| 2.0 | 25.09.2026 00:21 | 34.4 km | 931 km |
| 2.3 | 24.09.2026 15:09 | 84.5 km | 916 km |
| 2.3 | 24.09.2026 03:40 | 16.9 km | 545 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 02:47 | 18 km | 812 km |
| 1.5 | 23.09.2026 23:12 | 36.1 km | 689 km |
| 1.6 | 23.09.2026 22:51 | 31.5 km | 934 km |
| 2.0 | 23.09.2026 21:05 | 33.9 km | 706 km |
| 1.6 | 23.09.2026 19:00 | 13.5 km | 713 km |
| 1.8 | 23.09.2026 04:01 | 13.9 km | 925 km |
| 1.7 | 23.09.2026 00:21 | 23.1 km | 937 km |
| 2.1 | 22.09.2026 12:42 | 14.7 km | 932 km |
| 1.5 | 22.09.2026 03:34 | 4.1 km | 705 km |
| 1.6 | 22.09.2026 02:48 | 28.4 km | 704 km |
| 1.6 | 21.09.2026 22:50 | 0.4 km | 939 km |
| 1.9 | 21.09.2026 04:43 | 37.1 km | 712 km |
| 2.4 | 21.09.2026 01:54 | 13.4 km | 856 km |
| 1.8 | 20.09.2026 23:10 | 30.7 km | 942 km |
| 2.1 | 20.09.2026 23:08 | 30 km | 938 km |
| 2.0 | 20.09.2026 18:54 | 27.6 km | 764 km |
| 2.0 | 20.09.2026 04:45 | 17.8 km | 925 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2026 17:08 | 20 km | 746 km |
| 1.8 | 19.09.2026 10:06 | 25.6 km | 707 km |
| 1.9 | 17.09.2026 17:34 | 0 km | 459 km |
| 2.4 | 17.09.2026 14:34 | 7.4 km | 1062 km |
| 3.0 | 17.09.2026 10:20 | 30 km | 521 km |
| 2.4 | 16.09.2026 21:17 | 3.4 km | 1064 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2026 20:32 | 13.7 km | 1061 km |
| 2.3 | 16.09.2026 16:28 | 1.2 km | 1063 km |
| 2.5 | 16.09.2026 12:18 | 14.8 km | 1058 km |
| 2.3 | 16.09.2026 08:31 | 9.3 km | 1062 km |
Regions
Oriental11,009Taza-Al Hoceïma-Taounate3,721Tangier-Tetouan1,214Suss-Massa-Draa918Meknès-Tafilalet838Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz728Fès-méknas-boulmane455Gharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen375Tadla-Azilal296Laâyoune-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra231Chaouia-Ouardigha170
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.