271,188
recorded earthquakes
262,507
epicentre inside the border
By year
Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.
0 11874 23748 1900: 1 (M5+) 1900 1904: 1 (M5+) 1905: 1 (M4–5) 1905: 1 (M5+) 1906: 4 (M5+) 1907: 2 (M5+) 1908: 1 (M5+) 1909: 2 (M5+) 1910: 5 (M5+) 1910 1912: 1 (M4–5) 1913: 1 (M5+) 1914: 1 (M3–4) 1914: 3 (M5+) 1915: 2 (M5+) 1916: 1 (M5+) 1917: 4 (M5+) 1918: 12 (M5+) 1919: 6 (M5+) 1920: 4 (M5+) 1920 1921: 2 (M5+) 1922: 6 (M5+) 1923: 11 (M5+) 1924: 8 (M5+) 1925: 10 (M5+) 1926: 1 (M4–5) 1926: 13 (M5+) 1927: 7 (M5+) 1928: 8 (M5+) 1929: 5 (M5+) 1930: 7 (M5+) 1930 1931: 1 (M4–5) 1931: 5 (M5+) 1932: 7 (M5+) 1933: 8 (M5+) 1934: 6 (M5+) 1935: 8 (M5+) 1936: 8 (M5+) 1937: 6 (M5+) 1938: 7 (M5+) 1939: 12 (M5+) 1940: 3 (M5+) 1940 1941: 9 (M5+) 1942: 4 (M5+) 1943: 9 (M5+) 1944: 4 (M5+) 1945: 2 (M5+) 1946: 10 (M5+) 1947: 7 (M5+) 1948: 5 (M5+) 1949: 2 (M5+) 1950: 7 (M5+) 1950 1951: 2 (M4–5) 1951: 7 (M5+) 1952: 1 (M4–5) 1952: 3 (M5+) 1953: 6 (M5+) 1954: 1 (M4–5) 1954: 9 (M5+) 1955: 4 (M4–5) 1955: 4 (M5+) 1956: 3 (M4–5) 1956: 3 (M5+) 1957: 3 (M4–5) 1957: 9 (M5+) 1958: 1 (M4–5) 1958: 6 (M5+) 1959: 4 (M4–5) 1959: 12 (M5+) 1960: 2 (M4–5) 1960: 7 (M5+) 1960 1961: 9 (M4–5) 1961: 27 (M5+) 1962: 9 (M4–5) 1962: 16 (M5+) 1963: 20 (M4–5) 1963: 13 (M5+) 1964: 103 (M4–5) 1964: 15 (M5+) 1965: 2 (M3–4) 1965: 119 (M4–5) 1965: 16 (M5+) 1966: 4 (M3–4) 1966: 185 (M4–5) 1966: 29 (M5+) 1967: 2 (M3–4) 1967: 182 (M4–5) 1967: 22 (M5+) 1968: 1 (M3–4) 1968: 111 (M4–5) 1968: 7 (M5+) 1969: 2 (M3–4) 1969: 154 (M4–5) 1969: 38 (M5+) 1970: 1 (M3–4) 1970: 97 (M4–5) 1970: 21 (M5+) 1970 1971: 52 (M4–5) 1971: 5 (M5+) 1972: 50 (M4–5) 1972: 10 (M5+) 1973: 5 (M3–4) 1973: 69 (M4–5) 1973: 12 (M5+) 1974: 3 (M3–4) 1974: 122 (M4–5) 1974: 18 (M5+) 1975: 3 (M3–4) 1975: 113 (M4–5) 1975: 15 (M5+) 1976: 48 (M4–5) 1976: 15 (M5+) 1977: 3 (M<3) 1977: 3 (M3–4) 1977: 100 (M4–5) 1977: 16 (M5+) 1978: 3 (M<3) 1978: 9 (M3–4) 1978: 89 (M4–5) 1978: 8 (M5+) 1979: 3 (M<3) 1979: 8 (M3–4) 1979: 98 (M4–5) 1979: 23 (M5+) 1980: 11 (M3–4) 1980: 83 (M4–5) 1980: 21 (M5+) 1980 1981: 7 (M3–4) 1981: 84 (M4–5) 1981: 15 (M5+) 1982: 32 (M<3) 1982: 37 (M3–4) 1982: 102 (M4–5) 1982: 30 (M5+) 1983: 134 (M<3) 1983: 82 (M3–4) 1983: 78 (M4–5) 1983: 18 (M5+) 1984: 216 (M<3) 1984: 106 (M3–4) 1984: 86 (M4–5) 1984: 13 (M5+) 1985: 181 (M<3) 1985: 112 (M3–4) 1985: 98 (M4–5) 1985: 18 (M5+) 1986: 344 (M<3) 1986: 209 (M3–4) 1986: 104 (M4–5) 1986: 19 (M5+) 1987: 314 (M<3) 1987: 194 (M3–4) 1987: 77 (M4–5) 1987: 12 (M5+) 1988: 471 (M<3) 1988: 219 (M3–4) 1988: 96 (M4–5) 1988: 25 (M5+) 1989: 793 (M<3) 1989: 290 (M3–4) 1989: 125 (M4–5) 1989: 21 (M5+) 1990: 819 (M<3) 1990: 268 (M3–4) 1990: 105 (M4–5) 1990: 14 (M5+) 1990 1991: 1,029 (M<3) 1991: 268 (M3–4) 1991: 111 (M4–5) 1991: 15 (M5+) 1992: 1,030 (M<3) 1992: 425 (M3–4) 1992: 99 (M4–5) 1992: 15 (M5+) 1993: 1,147 (M<3) 1993: 353 (M3–4) 1993: 136 (M4–5) 1993: 6 (M5+) 1994: 1,288 (M<3) 1994: 538 (M3–4) 1994: 107 (M4–5) 1994: 9 (M5+) 1995: 1,100 (M<3) 1995: 467 (M3–4) 1995: 128 (M4–5) 1995: 18 (M5+) 1996: 824 (M<3) 1996: 408 (M3–4) 1996: 209 (M4–5) 1996: 14 (M5+) 1997: 1,119 (M<3) 1997: 344 (M3–4) 1997: 137 (M4–5) 1997: 25 (M5+) 1998: 2,416 (M<3) 1998: 642 (M3–4) 1998: 144 (M4–5) 1998: 23 (M5+) 1999: 2,247 (M<3) 1999: 417 (M3–4) 1999: 107 (M4–5) 1999: 14 (M5+) 2000: 2,229 (M<3) 2000: 601 (M3–4) 2000: 130 (M4–5) 2000: 22 (M5+) 2000 2001: 2,647 (M<3) 2001: 647 (M3–4) 2001: 177 (M4–5) 2001: 30 (M5+) 2002: 2,916 (M<3) 2002: 786 (M3–4) 2002: 205 (M4–5) 2002: 28 (M5+) 2003: 4,893 (M<3) 2003: 1,001 (M3–4) 2003: 277 (M4–5) 2003: 33 (M5+) 2004: 4,433 (M<3) 2004: 1,701 (M3–4) 2004: 362 (M4–5) 2004: 45 (M5+) 2005: 3,499 (M<3) 2005: 1,427 (M3–4) 2005: 230 (M4–5) 2005: 11 (M5+) 2006: 5,109 (M<3) 2006: 1,788 (M3–4) 2006: 244 (M4–5) 2006: 17 (M5+) 2007: 15,966 (M<3) 2007: 2,160 (M3–4) 2007: 277 (M4–5) 2007: 45 (M5+) 2008: 10,007 (M<3) 2008: 2,089 (M3–4) 2008: 207 (M4–5) 2008: 26 (M5+) 2009: 13,755 (M<3) 2009: 1,748 (M3–4) 2009: 185 (M4–5) 2009: 21 (M5+) 2010: 13,876 (M<3) 2010: 1,223 (M3–4) 2010: 206 (M4–5) 2010: 22 (M5+) 2010 2011: 13,741 (M<3) 2011: 1,489 (M3–4) 2011: 188 (M4–5) 2011: 29 (M5+) 2012: 1,966 (M<3) 2012: 1,563 (M3–4) 2012: 164 (M4–5) 2012: 23 (M5+) 2013: 2,432 (M<3) 2013: 1,331 (M3–4) 2013: 176 (M4–5) 2013: 27 (M5+) 2014: 3,033 (M<3) 2014: 1,226 (M3–4) 2014: 236 (M4–5) 2014: 33 (M5+) 2015: 2,648 (M<3) 2015: 1,588 (M3–4) 2015: 266 (M4–5) 2015: 28 (M5+) 2016: 3,679 (M<3) 2016: 1,298 (M3–4) 2016: 217 (M4–5) 2016: 34 (M5+) 2017: 2,797 (M<3) 2017: 1,122 (M3–4) 2017: 148 (M4–5) 2017: 27 (M5+) 2018: 3,542 (M<3) 2018: 1,271 (M3–4) 2018: 159 (M4–5) 2018: 25 (M5+) 2019: 5,772 (M<3) 2019: 1,579 (M3–4) 2019: 169 (M4–5) 2019: 31 (M5+) 2020: 12,760 (M<3) 2020: 2,656 (M3–4) 2020: 336 (M4–5) 2020: 37 (M5+) 2020 2021: 19,304 (M<3) 2021: 4,153 (M3–4) 2021: 272 (M4–5) 2021: 19 (M5+) 2022: 12,865 (M<3) 2022: 1,540 (M3–4) 2022: 338 (M4–5) 2022: 58 (M5+) 2023: 9,686 (M<3) 2023: 1,639 (M3–4) 2023: 193 (M4–5) 2023: 30 (M5+) 2024: 8,570 (M<3) 2024: 1,370 (M3–4) 2024: 174 (M4–5) 2024: 21 (M5+) 2025: 8,127 (M<3) 2025: 1,367 (M3–4) 2025: 227 (M4–5) 2025: 22 (M5+) 2026: 6,771 (M<3) 2026: 1,199 (M3–4) 2026: 159 (M4–5) 2026: 19 (M5+) 2026
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 8.1 25.11.1941 18:03 10 km 1204 km 7.9 04.08.1946 17:51 15 km 3927 km 7.8 28.02.1969 02:40 18.5 km 1900 km 7.8 26.05.1975 09:11 18.5 km 1263 km 7.8 29.03.1954 06:17 626.2 km 2565 km 7.7 29.10.1900 09:11 0 km 4108 km 7.6 29.07.1943 03:02 15 km 3753 km 7.5 08.08.1946 13:28 15 km 3943 km 7.5 03.12.1906 22:59 100 km 3469 km 7.4 29.11.2007 19:00 148.6 km 3490 km 7.4 03.10.1914 17:22 100 km 3406 km 7.4 18.11.1929 20:32 10 km 2706 km 7.3 11.10.1918 14:14 15 km 3766 km 7.3 19.03.1953 08:27 128.8 km 3563 km 7.3 13.10.1925 17:40 10 km 2685 km
Latest earthquakes
Magnitude all M3+ M4+ M5+ M6+ Depth all 0–10 km 10–35 km 35–70 km 70 km+ Year all 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 1944 1943 1942 1941 1940 1939 1938 1937 1936 1935 1934 1933 1932 1931 1930 1929 1928 1927 1926 1925 1924 1923 1922 1921 1920 1919 1918 1917 1916 1915 1914 1913 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1907 1906 1905 1904 1903 1902 1901 1900
Magnitude Date Depth Distance 1.5 12.10.2026 22:40 3 km 3033 km 1.8 12.10.2026 19:51 25 km 2541 km 2.0 12.10.2026 19:48 20.5 km 2538 km 1.7 12.10.2026 16:56 2.8 km 2937 km 1.2 12.10.2026 16:49 6.9 km 3804 km 1.6 12.10.2026 16:21 0 km 2933 km 1.5 12.10.2026 15:34 5.8 km 2565 km 1.5 12.10.2026 15:17 8.2 km 2941 km 1.5 12.10.2026 15:12 0 km 2937 km 2.1 12.10.2026 11:29 0 km 3092 km 1.8 12.10.2026 10:57 6.9 km 3809 km 2.0 12.10.2026 10:52 30.9 km 2509 km 2.0 12.10.2026 10:47 13.6 km 3777 km 1.6 12.10.2026 06:34 12.3 km 2887 km 2.1 12.10.2026 06:26 3.8 km 1454 km 2.3 12.10.2026 05:57 28.1 km 1290 km 1.8 12.10.2026 05:45 21.7 km 2393 km 2.6 12.10.2026 04:18 62.6 km 3790 km 1.9 11.10.2026 23:57 12.6 km 3786 km 0.9 11.10.2026 21:43 6.3 km 3806 km 1.6 11.10.2026 21:38 6.3 km 3806 km 1.7 11.10.2026 20:34 2 km 2567 km 1.5 11.10.2026 19:45 5.2 km 2564 km 1.7 11.10.2026 19:13 0 km 2856 km 2.1 11.10.2026 18:31 3.9 km 2564 km 3.0 11.10.2026 18:12 21.9 km 3777 km 3.0 11.10.2026 17:09 13.7 km 3532 km 2.0 11.10.2026 12:20 9.2 km 3778 km 2.1 11.10.2026 10:35 40 km 2164 km 2.2 11.10.2026 08:42 0 km 3061 km 1.5 11.10.2026 08:10 4.8 km 3779 km 2.2 11.10.2026 08:09 16.4 km 2325 km 2.9 11.10.2026 08:08 25.7 km 3773 km 3.7 11.10.2026 07:35 30 km 3449 km 2.0 11.10.2026 06:52 8.3 km 2602 km 1.1 11.10.2026 06:50 6.4 km 3806 km 1.4 11.10.2026 05:01 7.3 km 3780 km 0.3 11.10.2026 02:56 6.2 km 3806 km 1.6 11.10.2026 01:40 0 km 2991 km 2.0 11.10.2026 01:26 29.6 km 2438 km 1.9 10.10.2026 23:10 0 km 2993 km 2.3 10.10.2026 22:48 5.9 km 675 km 2.6 10.10.2026 22:32 6.3 km 3446 km 0.5 10.10.2026 21:58 0.4 km 3796 km 2.0 10.10.2026 20:48 24.5 km 2289 km 3.4 10.10.2026 16:32 83.5 km 3849 km 2.2 10.10.2026 14:47 23.9 km 2943 km 1.0 10.10.2026 11:49 12 km 4045 km 1.5 10.10.2026 11:39 6.2 km 2936 km 3.0 10.10.2026 08:52 18.8 km 3777 km 1.7 10.10.2026 08:52 9 km 2850 km 1.7 10.10.2026 07:12 90.5 km 2480 km 1.8 10.10.2026 06:59 12.2 km 1415 km 2.4 10.10.2026 06:52 20.9 km 3136 km 1.5 10.10.2026 06:24 -0.6 km 3794 km 1.6 10.10.2026 04:07 0 km 3049 km 1.8 10.10.2026 03:43 10.9 km 3282 km 2.8 10.10.2026 03:01 18.1 km 3773 km 1.2 10.10.2026 02:58 0.2 km 3793 km 1.6 10.10.2026 02:12 0 km 2936 km
Regions
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.