2.9
6,931
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1914–2026
record span
3.84
mean magnitude
5,516
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 | 211 km |
| 7.3 | 05.03.1934 11:46 | 35 km | 293 km |
| 7.3 | 13.02.1931 01:27 | 45 km | 187 km |
| 7.0 | 22.11.1914 08:14 | 100 km | 130 km |
| 6.8 | 30.12.1984 21:36 | 12.5 km | 222 km |
| 6.6 | 05.01.1973 13:54 | 154 km | 130 km |
| 6.5 | 28.02.1974 13:59 | 12.3 km | 183 km |
| 6.5 | 13.03.1957 09:11 | 270 km | 91 km |
| 6.5 | 02.03.1987 01:42 | 22.1 km | 110 km |
| 6.4 | 15.03.1934 10:46 | 25 km | 219 km |
| 6.4 | 30.01.1956 08:43 | 15 km | 158 km |
| 6.3 | 02.03.1987 01:50 | 16 km | 124 km |
| 6.3 | 07.12.2012 18:19 | 171 km | 69 km |
| 6.3 | 15.12.1994 11:20 | 15.2 km | 163 km |
| 6.3 | 08.02.1931 01:43 | 15 km | 242 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 12.10.2026 15:19 | 10 km | 27 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 15:14 | 142.9 km | 157 km |
| 3.0 | 11.10.2026 13:23 | 311.4 km | 39 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 16:46 | 380.1 km | 122 km |
| 4.1 | 08.10.2026 13:53 | 5 km | 126 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 20:28 | 49.4 km | 159 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 10:03 | 282.3 km | 86 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 16:16 | 18.3 km | 171 km |
| 3.4 | 03.10.2026 23:02 | 281.1 km | 53 km |
| 4.0 | 03.10.2026 15:28 | 5 km | 137 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 11:52 | 179.3 km | 59 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 13:57 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.3 | 30.09.2026 20:37 | 168.6 km | 147 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 07:04 | 191.4 km | 40 km |
| 3.4 | 27.09.2026 11:58 | 161.6 km | 91 km |
| 3.5 | 24.09.2026 18:07 | 246.4 km | 159 km |
| 4.0 | 24.09.2026 04:41 | 170.1 km | 57 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2026 17:31 | 183.9 km | 82 km |
| 3.6 | 22.09.2026 03:16 | 203.5 km | 149 km |
| 3.2 | 21.09.2026 23:57 | 124.7 km | 72 km |
| 3.2 | 20.09.2026 16:10 | 211.8 km | 82 km |
| 3.1 | 19.09.2026 22:36 | 238.3 km | 139 km |
| 3.2 | 18.09.2026 00:45 | 160.2 km | 150 km |
| 3.6 | 16.09.2026 17:28 | 192.5 km | 48 km |
| 3.3 | 16.09.2026 16:52 | 177.8 km | 69 km |
| 4.0 | 11.09.2026 04:25 | 5.5 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 84 km |
| 3.6 | 09.09.2026 19:01 | 5 km | 87 km |
| 3.3 | 09.09.2026 18:24 | 163.1 km | 58 km |
| 3.2 | 08.09.2026 01:42 | 252.5 km | 89 km |
| 3.4 | 07.09.2026 14:44 | 256.1 km | 85 km |
| 3.1 | 07.09.2026 08:39 | 105.9 km | 137 km |
| 3.2 | 07.09.2026 04:48 | 5 km | 85 km |
| 3.2 | 05.09.2026 14:18 | 362.5 km | 141 km |
| 3.1 | 03.09.2026 22:11 | 5 km | 143 km |
| 3.2 | 03.09.2026 05:30 | 288 km | 59 km |
| 3.4 | 02.09.2026 21:25 | 349.2 km | 106 km |
| 3.1 | 31.08.2026 09:15 | 127.3 km | 190 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 09:04 | 198.1 km | 36 km |
| 3.2 | 27.08.2026 00:44 | 2.6 km | 130 km |
| 4.3 | 26.08.2026 22:08 | 78 km | 72 km |
| 3.1 | 22.08.2026 20:03 | 46.4 km | 82 km |
| 4.6 | 17.08.2026 05:18 | 177.4 km | 116 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2026 05:18 | 177.4 km | 116 km |
| 3.1 | 16.08.2026 22:12 | 169.3 km | 61 km |
| 3.8 | 16.08.2026 12:45 | 213.7 km | 101 km |
| 3.4 | 15.08.2026 13:31 | 223.9 km | 115 km |
| 3.1 | 15.08.2026 03:52 | 128.9 km | 174 km |
| 3.0 | 13.08.2026 01:32 | 10 km | 77 km |
| 3.2 | 11.08.2026 18:34 | 66.5 km | 6 km |
| 4.1 | 11.08.2026 06:25 | 8.8 km | 110 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2026 13:13 | 193.9 km | 60 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 14:57 | 228.8 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 04.08.2026 01:13 | 93.6 km | 96 km |
| 3.3 | 03.08.2026 22:45 | 167.4 km | 64 km |
| 3.2 | 28.07.2026 22:33 | 155.1 km | 50 km |
| 3.1 | 28.07.2026 13:22 | 163.6 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 28.07.2026 07:38 | 619.8 km | 92 km |
| 3.2 | 27.07.2026 06:23 | 251.3 km | 44 km |
| 3.5 | 26.07.2026 12:05 | 234 km | 83 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.