4.1
11,691
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1901–2026
record span
4.10
mean magnitude
10,979
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 1021 km |
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 323 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 7.7 | 26.06.1941 11:52 | 20 km | 907 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 493 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 741 km |
| 7.5 | 08.07.1918 10:22 | 15 km | 857 km |
| 7.5 | 10.08.2009 19:55 | 29 km | 695 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 551 km |
| 7.3 | 03.12.1930 18:51 | 10 km | 114 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 761 km |
| 7.3 | 24.06.1906 11:17 | 60 km | 677 km |
| 7.3 | 29.07.1947 13:43 | 20 km | 1092 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 503 km |
| 7.2 | 26.12.1941 14:48 | 10 km | 487 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 18:34 | 10 km | 412 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 13:26 | 7 km | 1034 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 12:14 | 93 km | 805 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 01:28 | 78.2 km | 652 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 16:21 | 30 km | 690 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 13:52 | 9 km | 392 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 468 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 06:30 | 24 km | 692 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 375 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 9 km | 405 km |
| 3.5 | 10.10.2026 00:10 | 10 km | 321 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 21:49 | 10 km | 1067 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 1073 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 294 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 16:23 | 10 km | 347 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 22:47 | 136 km | 533 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 21:11 | 50 km | 635 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 19:38 | 10 km | 995 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 18:50 | 10 km | 587 km |
| 4.5 | 07.10.2026 03:29 | 109.9 km | 597 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 00:57 | 5 km | 1041 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 20:52 | 5 km | 996 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 12:16 | 5 km | 992 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 22:57 | 12 km | 730 km |
| 4.6 | 05.10.2026 22:53 | 10 km | 893 km |
| 3.9 | 05.10.2026 15:38 | 10 km | 608 km |
| 2.9 | 05.10.2026 06:35 | 5 km | 1007 km |
| 4.6 | 04.10.2026 05:55 | 58.3 km | 388 km |
| 3.5 | 04.10.2026 01:48 | 52 km | 622 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2026 18:13 | 17.6 km | 557 km |
| 4.9 | 03.10.2026 18:12 | 35 km | 377 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 12:22 | 5 km | 792 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 04:51 | 57 km | 556 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 01:25 | 14 km | 1133 km |
| 3.7 | 02.10.2026 21:59 | 7 km | 1002 km |
| 4.5 | 02.10.2026 16:55 | 103.9 km | 493 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2026 11:22 | 94 km | 620 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 20:20 | 13 km | 837 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 18:03 | 52 km | 636 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 16:50 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 3.0 | 29.09.2026 13:04 | 21 km | 661 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 292 km |
| 3.8 | 27.09.2026 18:30 | 100.4 km | 956 km |
| 4.6 | 27.09.2026 18:29 | 10 km | 1059 km |
| 3.0 | 27.09.2026 04:35 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2026 23:02 | 9 km | 1013 km |
| 2.9 | 26.09.2026 21:54 | 7 km | 1075 km |
| 4.1 | 26.09.2026 04:04 | 111 km | 582 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 12:47 | 10 km | 326 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 09:47 | 5 km | 168 km |
| 3.6 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 10 km | 546 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2026 19:11 | 126 km | 660 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 11:18 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 2.7 | 24.09.2026 00:35 | 5 km | 1028 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2026 22:44 | 85 km | 657 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 19:34 | 10 km | 875 km |
| 3.0 | 23.09.2026 18:37 | 70 km | 587 km |
| 3.6 | 23.09.2026 04:16 | 50 km | 563 km |
| 3.7 | 22.09.2026 18:22 | 88 km | 832 km |
| 3.9 | 22.09.2026 06:06 | 10 km | 341 km |
Regions
Sagaing3,363Shan State1,503Chin State1,275Mandalay1,156Magway1,102Kachin State1,053Ayeyarwady601Rakhine State460Bago429Kayin State354
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.