3.0
3,085
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1901–2026
record span
3.97
mean magnitude
2,092
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 | 13.11.2016 11:02 | 16 km | 206 km |
| 7.5 | 16.06.1929 22:47 | 20 km | 179 km |
| 7.2 | 21.08.2003 12:12 | 20.9 km | 390 km |
| 7.1 | 23.05.1968 17:24 | 19 km | 168 km |
| 7.0 | 09.03.1929 10:50 | 20 km | 138 km |
| 7.0 | 03.09.2010 16:35 | 2.1 km | 147 km |
| 6.8 | 15.11.1901 20:15 | 0 km | 217 km |
| 6.8 | 15.10.2007 12:29 | 18.9 km | 336 km |
| 6.7 | 18.06.1994 03:25 | 16.1 km | 100 km |
| 6.7 | 03.06.1988 23:27 | 76 km | 359 km |
| 6.5 | 04.05.1976 13:56 | 18.7 km | 323 km |
| 6.5 | 24.05.1960 14:46 | 15 km | 273 km |
| 6.5 | 22.05.1948 19:21 | 15 km | 215 km |
| 6.5 | 22.06.1929 15:30 | 15 km | 203 km |
| 6.4 | 14.11.2016 00:34 | 16.5 km | 233 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 08:40 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.6 | 08.10.2026 09:09 | 144.9 km | 252 km |
| 3.4 | 07.10.2026 02:28 | 5 km | 263 km |
| 3.0 | 19.09.2026 10:54 | 111.6 km | 240 km |
| 3.7 | 15.09.2026 19:40 | 5 km | 266 km |
| 3.0 | 13.09.2026 17:20 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 3.2 | 11.09.2026 09:58 | 10 km | 270 km |
| 3.3 | 10.09.2026 14:45 | 5 km | 264 km |
| 4.3 | 10.09.2026 13:09 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 3.6 | 08.09.2026 07:57 | 5 km | 264 km |
| 3.5 | 07.09.2026 19:55 | 10 km | 263 km |
| 4.2 | 07.09.2026 06:36 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.2 | 06.09.2026 20:44 | 5 km | 267 km |
| 3.3 | 06.09.2026 14:10 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 3.1 | 06.09.2026 13:32 | 5 km | 267 km |
| 3.0 | 05.09.2026 06:32 | 10 km | 268 km |
| 3.2 | 04.09.2026 18:26 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.4 | 04.09.2026 09:03 | 10 km | 269 km |
| 3.5 | 04.09.2026 04:58 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 23:53 | 5 km | 264 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2026 22:18 | 5 km | 266 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 20:17 | 5 km | 266 km |
| 3.4 | 03.09.2026 18:42 | 2.8 km | 263 km |
| 3.3 | 03.09.2026 12:13 | 5 km | 264 km |
| 3.6 | 03.09.2026 10:02 | 5 km | 264 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 15:48 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 14:53 | 5 km | 267 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 13:28 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 11:47 | 5 km | 267 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 11:28 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.1 | 02.09.2026 10:55 | 5 km | 266 km |
| 3.7 | 02.09.2026 08:05 | 5 km | 263 km |
| 3.2 | 02.09.2026 07:29 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 3.0 | 02.09.2026 07:09 | 5 km | 265 km |
| 5.2 | 02.09.2026 06:57 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 5.3 | 02.09.2026 06:13 | 10 km | 265 km |
| 3.2 | 27.08.2026 00:15 | 3.7 km | 152 km |
| 3.7 | 26.08.2026 12:31 | 192.3 km | 230 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 12:26 | 10 km | 283 km |
| 3.3 | 20.08.2026 05:03 | 64.3 km | 291 km |
| 3.5 | 19.08.2026 09:12 | 24.6 km | 248 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 21:26 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 3.2 | 16.08.2026 12:26 | 5 km | 69 km |
| 4.2 | 14.08.2026 22:37 | 525.7 km | 181 km |
| 3.9 | 10.08.2026 13:50 | 5 km | 184 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 21:25 | 79.3 km | 223 km |
| 3.0 | 27.07.2026 19:24 | 184.7 km | 246 km |
| 3.1 | 24.07.2026 15:53 | 5 km | 144 km |
| 3.6 | 23.07.2026 02:16 | 5 km | 165 km |
| 3.3 | 15.07.2026 08:35 | 2.2 km | 280 km |
| 3.5 | 14.07.2026 20:39 | 197.8 km | 215 km |
| 3.6 | 08.07.2026 12:37 | 5 km | 102 km |
| 4.1 | 03.07.2026 04:54 | 12 km | 118 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 10:46 | 127.3 km | 221 km |
| 4.1 | 01.07.2026 06:26 | 195.8 km | 276 km |
| 3.0 | 27.06.2026 15:13 | 6.5 km | 193 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 06:31 | 10 km | 99 km |
| 3.9 | 18.06.2026 15:08 | 6 km | 276 km |
| 3.5 | 17.06.2026 00:02 | 5 km | 74 km |
| 3.3 | 16.06.2026 18:53 | 152.7 km | 246 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.