2.9
7,818
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.89
mean magnitude
5,596
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 | 02.02.1931 22:46 | 35 km | 170 km |
| 7.7 | 25.03.1947 20:32 | 15 km | 150 km |
| 7.6 | 17.05.1947 07:06 | 25 km | 174 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1931 01:27 | 45 km | 158 km |
| 7.2 | 04.03.2021 13:27 | 21.4 km | 233 km |
| 7.1 | 05.02.1995 22:51 | 24.8 km | 175 km |
| 7.1 | 01.09.2016 16:38 | 21.4 km | 191 km |
| 7.0 | 22.11.1914 08:14 | 100 km | 123 km |
| 6.8 | 30.12.1984 21:36 | 12.5 km | 170 km |
| 6.8 | 15.09.1932 13:54 | 15 km | 150 km |
| 6.6 | 05.01.1973 13:54 | 154 km | 176 km |
| 6.6 | 20.12.2007 07:55 | 38.9 km | 132 km |
| 6.5 | 06.10.1914 19:15 | 35 km | 138 km |
| 6.5 | 28.02.1974 13:59 | 12.3 km | 165 km |
| 6.5 | 13.03.1957 09:11 | 270 km | 131 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 15:19 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 13:23 | 311.4 km | 93 km |
| 4.3 | 11.10.2026 00:40 | 67.2 km | 125 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 09:04 | 34 km | 47 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2026 15:28 | 5 km | 58 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 11:52 | 179.3 km | 66 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 07:04 | 191.4 km | 90 km |
| 3.7 | 28.09.2026 01:58 | 117.9 km | 35 km |
| 4.0 | 27.09.2026 20:49 | 151.3 km | 58 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 11:58 | 161.6 km | 122 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2026 04:41 | 170.1 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2026 17:31 | 183.9 km | 117 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 23:57 | 124.7 km | 65 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2026 16:10 | 211.8 km | 56 km |
| 3.8 | 17.09.2026 08:00 | 163.6 km | 27 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2026 17:28 | 192.5 km | 78 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2026 16:52 | 177.8 km | 69 km |
| 3.2 | 10.09.2026 18:20 | 10 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 10.09.2026 17:45 | 10 km | 106 km |
| 3.5 | 09.09.2026 21:53 | 20.4 km | 136 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2026 18:24 | 163.1 km | 105 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2026 01:42 | 252.5 km | 42 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2026 14:44 | 256.1 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2026 08:39 | 105.9 km | 96 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 13:52 | 58.8 km | 61 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2026 22:11 | 5 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 09:04 | 198.1 km | 90 km |
| 3.4 | 31.08.2026 06:42 | 28.1 km | 66 km |
| 3.5 | 28.08.2026 21:36 | 22.5 km | 125 km |
| 3.6 | 28.08.2026 21:11 | 27.1 km | 102 km |
| 4.3 | 28.08.2026 05:08 | 41.5 km | 130 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2026 22:08 | 78 km | 96 km |
| 3.5 | 25.08.2026 02:04 | 32.5 km | 111 km |
| 3.2 | 23.08.2026 11:38 | 186.4 km | 81 km |
| 3.0 | 22.08.2026 23:29 | 128.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 22.08.2026 20:03 | 46.4 km | 126 km |
| 3.1 | 21.08.2026 17:00 | 207.5 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 18.08.2026 20:20 | 30.9 km | 71 km |
| 3.1 | 18.08.2026 17:25 | 10 km | 94 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2026 22:12 | 169.3 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 15.08.2026 13:31 | 223.9 km | 103 km |
| 3.1 | 13.08.2026 12:55 | 11.8 km | 98 km |
| 3.0 | 13.08.2026 01:32 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.3 | 11.08.2026 06:50 | 26.6 km | 112 km |
| 4.1 | 11.08.2026 06:25 | 8.8 km | 33 km |
| 3.1 | 10.08.2026 11:11 | 2.2 km | 28 km |
| 4.8 | 10.08.2026 07:17 | 71.2 km | 117 km |
| 3.0 | 08.08.2026 12:05 | 52.7 km | 72 km |
| 3.7 | 07.08.2026 20:43 | 127.6 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 14:57 | 228.8 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 22:45 | 167.4 km | 68 km |
| 3.6 | 03.08.2026 11:14 | 45.7 km | 14 km |
| 5.6 | 02.08.2026 08:35 | 52.8 km | 131 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 20:47 | 10 km | 86 km |
| 3.1 | 30.07.2026 15:12 | 11.3 km | 79 km |
| 3.2 | 30.07.2026 06:50 | 5 km | 83 km |
| 3.9 | 30.07.2026 03:55 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.3 | 30.07.2026 03:37 | 5 km | 78 km |
| 3.1 | 29.07.2026 23:52 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 22:33 | 155.1 km | 75 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.