3.1
936
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1931–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
625
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 15.07.2009 09:22 | 19.1 km | 241 km |
| 7.2 | 21.08.2003 12:12 | 20.9 km | 207 km |
| 7.0 | 16.12.1938 17:21 | 15 km | 196 km |
| 7.0 | 03.09.2010 16:35 | 2.1 km | 277 km |
| 7.0 | 10.08.1993 00:51 | 24.2 km | 206 km |
| 6.8 | 15.10.2007 12:29 | 18.9 km | 180 km |
| 6.7 | 03.06.1988 23:27 | 76 km | 165 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1976 13:56 | 18.7 km | 170 km |
| 6.5 | 24.05.1960 14:46 | 15 km | 190 km |
| 6.5 | 02.08.1943 00:46 | 15 km | 210 km |
| 6.4 | 31.05.1989 05:54 | 26.9 km | 210 km |
| 6.3 | 26.06.1946 12:34 | 15 km | 261 km |
| 6.1 | 13.10.1947 07:31 | 15 km | 131 km |
| 6.1 | 21.08.2003 14:12 | 31.9 km | 210 km |
| 6.1 | 24.06.1984 13:29 | 5.1 km | 211 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 59 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 08:40 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 02:28 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.7 | 15.09.2026 19:40 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.0 | 13.09.2026 17:20 | 5 km | 176 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2026 09:58 | 10 km | 152 km |
| 3.3 | 10.09.2026 14:45 | 5 km | 146 km |
| 4.3 | 10.09.2026 13:09 | 10 km | 139 km |
| 3.6 | 08.09.2026 07:57 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.5 | 07.09.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 150 km |
| 4.2 | 07.09.2026 06:36 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.2026 20:44 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 3.1 | 06.09.2026 13:32 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2026 06:32 | 10 km | 153 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 18:26 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2026 09:03 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 04:58 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 23:53 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2026 22:18 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 20:17 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 18:42 | 2.8 km | 143 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2026 12:13 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.6 | 03.09.2026 10:02 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 15:48 | 5 km | 142 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 14:53 | 5 km | 149 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 13:28 | 5 km | 145 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 11:47 | 5 km | 148 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 11:28 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 10:55 | 5 km | 148 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2026 08:05 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2026 07:29 | 5 km | 142 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 07:09 | 5 km | 142 km |
| 5.2 | 02.09.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 5.3 | 02.09.2026 06:13 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 12:26 | 10 km | 173 km |
| 3.3 | 20.08.2026 05:03 | 64.3 km | 145 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 21:26 | 10 km | 165 km |
| 3.9 | 10.08.2026 13:50 | 5 km | 129 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 02:16 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 5.9 | 16.07.2026 09:14 | 52.7 km | 158 km |
| 3.2 | 23.06.2026 22:55 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 3.9 | 18.06.2026 15:08 | 6 km | 155 km |
| 3.1 | 12.06.2026 03:38 | 26.3 km | 59 km |
| 3.9 | 10.06.2026 00:45 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 3.2 | 28.05.2026 06:29 | 5 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 27.05.2026 21:35 | 5 km | 94 km |
| 3.4 | 19.05.2026 03:11 | 5 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 18.05.2026 02:17 | 5 km | 140 km |
| 3.0 | 09.05.2026 01:45 | 5 km | 152 km |
| 3.5 | 26.04.2026 12:30 | 5 km | 135 km |
| 3.3 | 21.04.2026 20:59 | 5 km | 163 km |
| 3.6 | 21.04.2026 14:41 | 12 km | 132 km |
| 3.0 | 20.04.2026 10:30 | 10 km | 159 km |
| 3.3 | 15.04.2026 23:27 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 3.9 | 15.04.2026 19:18 | 14.4 km | 98 km |
| 3.2 | 01.04.2026 19:35 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.0 | 27.03.2026 02:11 | 5 km | 118 km |
| 3.1 | 26.03.2026 08:14 | 5 km | 136 km |
| 3.5 | 10.03.2026 16:49 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 3.1 | 07.03.2026 12:06 | 5 km | 110 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.