3.8
3,364
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1905–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
2,928
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 | 442 km |
| 7.7 | 28.03.2025 06:20 | 10 km | 279 km |
| 7.7 | 23.05.1912 02:24 | 15 km | 403 km |
| 7.6 | 12.09.1946 15:20 | 15 km | 108 km |
| 7.6 | 27.01.1931 20:09 | 15 km | 199 km |
| 7.3 | 29.07.1947 13:43 | 20 km | 494 km |
| 7.3 | 12.09.1946 15:17 | 15 km | 50 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:42 | 0 km | 175 km |
| 7.3 | 17.02.1905 11:41 | 15 km | 189 km |
| 7.2 | 06.08.1988 00:36 | 98.1 km | 74 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1938 04:28 | 75 km | 253 km |
| 7.1 | 16.07.1956 15:07 | 34.3 km | 258 km |
| 7.1 | 23.10.1943 17:23 | 15 km | 294 km |
| 7.0 | 31.08.1906 14:57 | 100 km | 317 km |
| 7.0 | 29.07.1970 10:16 | 73.5 km | 165 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 13.10.2026 19:13 | 104 km | 220 km |
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 18:34 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 12:14 | 93 km | 213 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 01:28 | 78.2 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 307 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 22:47 | 136 km | 203 km |
| 4.5 | 07.10.2026 03:29 | 109.9 km | 97 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 04:51 | 57 km | 197 km |
| 4.5 | 02.10.2026 16:55 | 103.9 km | 179 km |
| 3.0 | 02.10.2026 11:22 | 94 km | 125 km |
| 2.9 | 01.10.2026 20:20 | 13 km | 236 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 18:03 | 52 km | 107 km |
| 3.2 | 29.09.2026 16:50 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 3.7 | 29.09.2026 07:27 | 10 km | 310 km |
| 4.1 | 26.09.2026 04:04 | 111 km | 113 km |
| 3.5 | 25.09.2026 12:47 | 10 km | 274 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2026 19:11 | 126 km | 62 km |
| 3.2 | 24.09.2026 11:18 | 10 km | 334 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2026 22:44 | 85 km | 57 km |
| 3.7 | 22.09.2026 18:22 | 88 km | 248 km |
| 3.9 | 22.09.2026 06:06 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 3.3 | 21.09.2026 03:09 | 134 km | 67 km |
| 3.4 | 17.09.2026 09:34 | 10 km | 332 km |
| 3.6 | 15.09.2026 06:15 | 62 km | 144 km |
| 3.3 | 14.09.2026 19:13 | 115 km | 141 km |
| 3.2 | 12.09.2026 21:40 | 108 km | 88 km |
| 4.2 | 11.09.2026 17:56 | 123.2 km | 240 km |
| 3.3 | 11.09.2026 08:23 | 50 km | 180 km |
| 4.0 | 06.09.2026 21:20 | 89 km | 114 km |
| 3.4 | 05.09.2026 19:00 | 115 km | 207 km |
| 3.6 | 04.09.2026 22:39 | 121 km | 210 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 18:37 | 30 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 09:25 | 135 km | 92 km |
| 4.1 | 03.09.2026 18:41 | 130 km | 214 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 23:39 | 27 km | 255 km |
| 3.8 | 02.09.2026 00:51 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 2.9 | 01.09.2026 09:00 | 44 km | 133 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2026 05:19 | 20 km | 140 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2026 22:32 | 10 km | 225 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 21:35 | 10 km | 232 km |
| 3.7 | 24.08.2026 21:24 | 117 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 24.08.2026 19:41 | 100 km | 159 km |
| 3.7 | 22.08.2026 03:34 | 134 km | 84 km |
| 3.3 | 21.08.2026 19:23 | 126 km | 76 km |
| 4.4 | 21.08.2026 10:12 | 69 km | 214 km |
| 4.1 | 21.08.2026 09:09 | 10 km | 293 km |
| 2.9 | 19.08.2026 18:26 | 20 km | 260 km |
| 3.5 | 18.08.2026 04:16 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 16.08.2026 01:03 | 130 km | 73 km |
| 3.7 | 15.08.2026 16:54 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 3.2 | 15.08.2026 13:41 | 85 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2026 13:14 | 10 km | 302 km |
| 3.4 | 11.08.2026 23:57 | 9 km | 264 km |
| 3.9 | 10.08.2026 11:18 | 80 km | 305 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 20:31 | 142 km | 68 km |
| 3.9 | 09.08.2026 04:00 | 5 km | 286 km |
| 3.0 | 09.08.2026 00:48 | 50 km | 162 km |
| 4.2 | 06.08.2026 20:32 | 10 km | 204 km |
| 3.1 | 06.08.2026 19:36 | 104 km | 189 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.