3.5
5,646
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.84
mean magnitude
3,802
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 | 64 km |
| 7.3 | 05.03.1934 11:46 | 35 km | 106 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1931 01:27 | 45 km | 49 km |
| 7.1 | 24.06.1942 11:16 | 15 km | 174 km |
| 7.0 | 22.11.1914 08:14 | 100 km | 75 km |
| 6.8 | 01.08.1942 12:34 | 35 km | 125 km |
| 6.7 | 05.08.1917 15:50 | 15 km | 216 km |
| 6.6 | 05.01.1973 13:54 | 154 km | 76 km |
| 6.5 | 27.12.1961 23:48 | 20 km | 182 km |
| 6.5 | 13.03.1957 09:11 | 270 km | 103 km |
| 6.5 | 02.03.1987 01:42 | 22.1 km | 212 km |
| 6.5 | 22.04.1931 00:02 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.4 | 28.12.1956 14:24 | 35 km | 222 km |
| 6.4 | 13.05.1990 04:23 | 23.7 km | 85 km |
| 6.4 | 10.08.1993 09:46 | 41.5 km | 217 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 15:14 | 142.9 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 12.10.2026 06:52 | 32.3 km | 118 km |
| 4.1 | 08.10.2026 13:53 | 5 km | 80 km |
| 3.5 | 08.10.2026 09:04 | 34 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 20:28 | 49.4 km | 78 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 10:03 | 282.3 km | 119 km |
| 3.0 | 06.10.2026 22:08 | 13.1 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 06.10.2026 22:03 | 13.2 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 16:16 | 18.3 km | 90 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2026 15:28 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 13:57 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 20:37 | 168.6 km | 88 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 11:58 | 161.6 km | 103 km |
| 4.2 | 27.09.2026 10:32 | 48.5 km | 85 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2026 17:31 | 183.9 km | 113 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2026 03:16 | 203.5 km | 94 km |
| 4.0 | 21.09.2026 09:23 | 26 km | 145 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2026 22:36 | 238.3 km | 115 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2026 18:41 | 31.2 km | 148 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2026 00:45 | 160.2 km | 71 km |
| 4.0 | 11.09.2026 04:25 | 5.5 km | 80 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 117 km |
| 3.6 | 09.09.2026 19:01 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2026 18:24 | 163.1 km | 139 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2026 08:39 | 105.9 km | 99 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2026 04:48 | 5 km | 117 km |
| 4.6 | 04.09.2026 18:34 | 50.6 km | 146 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2026 22:11 | 5 km | 72 km |
| 3.2 | 03.09.2026 05:30 | 288 km | 136 km |
| 3.2 | 01.09.2026 06:00 | 13 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 27.08.2026 00:44 | 2.6 km | 80 km |
| 3.2 | 22.08.2026 17:45 | 27.3 km | 123 km |
| 3.5 | 17.08.2026 09:19 | 7 km | 11 km |
| 4.6 | 17.08.2026 05:18 | 177.4 km | 86 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2026 05:18 | 177.4 km | 86 km |
| 3.8 | 16.08.2026 12:45 | 213.7 km | 105 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2026 03:52 | 128.9 km | 35 km |
| 3.0 | 13.08.2026 05:44 | 17 km | 109 km |
| 3.2 | 11.08.2026 07:21 | 34.7 km | 95 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2026 13:13 | 193.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 01:13 | 93.6 km | 98 km |
| 3.3 | 02.08.2026 04:10 | 25.9 km | 98 km |
| 3.5 | 26.07.2026 12:05 | 234 km | 112 km |
| 3.1 | 26.07.2026 03:42 | 139.6 km | 123 km |
| 3.0 | 25.07.2026 17:30 | 6 km | 81 km |
| 3.2 | 24.07.2026 23:14 | 56.3 km | 21 km |
| 3.2 | 24.07.2026 20:34 | 8.4 km | 82 km |
| 3.7 | 24.07.2026 17:21 | 5.8 km | 80 km |
| 3.4 | 24.07.2026 17:04 | 5 km | 89 km |
| 3.0 | 24.07.2026 17:03 | 5 km | 84 km |
| 5.7 | 24.07.2026 16:51 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.1 | 23.07.2026 13:08 | 135.4 km | 79 km |
| 3.1 | 23.07.2026 09:27 | 19.8 km | 69 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 18:58 | 20.3 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 21.07.2026 13:07 | 34.6 km | 97 km |
| 3.2 | 19.07.2026 08:51 | 247.1 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 19.07.2026 07:34 | 5 km | 112 km |
| 3.1 | 16.07.2026 09:23 | 11 km | 96 km |
| 3.4 | 15.07.2026 12:16 | 17.7 km | 114 km |
| 3.0 | 13.07.2026 03:19 | 56.6 km | 34 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.