2.7
12,177
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.60
mean magnitude
9,710
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 | 07.09.1915 01:20 | 80 km | 409 km |
| 7.7 | 13.01.2001 17:33 | 57.6 km | 362 km |
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 317 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1992 00:16 | 22.5 km | 275 km |
| 7.6 | 22.04.1991 21:56 | 15.7 km | 439 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 339 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 269 km |
| 7.3 | 27.08.2012 04:37 | 16 km | 362 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 316 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 323 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 345 km |
| 7.3 | 14.10.2014 03:51 | 63.9 km | 290 km |
| 7.3 | 27.02.1916 20:21 | 15 km | 434 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 181 km |
| 7.2 | 28.03.1921 07:49 | 15 km | 201 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 13.10.2026 16:51 | 36 km | 242 km |
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 09:19 | 1 km | 225 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 20:13 | 250 km | 137 km |
| 2.5 | 12.10.2026 04:03 | 10 km | 214 km |
| 3.7 | 11.10.2026 23:41 | 28 km | 284 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 23:21 | 11 km | 231 km |
| 4.0 | 11.10.2026 17:12 | 5 km | 237 km |
| 3.3 | 11.10.2026 10:11 | 300 km | 258 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 03:24 | 10 km | 299 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 11:48 | 151 km | 206 km |
| 2.5 | 10.10.2026 10:44 | 134 km | 184 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 02:51 | 15 km | 324 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 18:32 | 5 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 18:14 | 10 km | 228 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2026 12:33 | 165.7 km | 159 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 12:31 | 32 km | 235 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 11:08 | 33 km | 253 km |
| 3.0 | 09.10.2026 01:23 | 8 km | 263 km |
| 3.8 | 08.10.2026 16:14 | 88 km | 161 km |
| 2.9 | 08.10.2026 06:49 | 20 km | 235 km |
| 4.6 | 07.10.2026 20:56 | 206.3 km | 163 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 15:27 | 25 km | 226 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 07:44 | 33 km | 166 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 02:59 | 7 km | 213 km |
| 3.6 | 06.10.2026 16:03 | 15 km | 269 km |
| 2.9 | 06.10.2026 08:27 | 3 km | 274 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 23:22 | 86 km | 170 km |
| 3.4 | 05.10.2026 11:44 | 300 km | 225 km |
| 3.3 | 05.10.2026 08:37 | 5 km | 110 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 08:04 | 25 km | 219 km |
| 4.4 | 05.10.2026 01:20 | 167.4 km | 145 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 23:37 | 13 km | 221 km |
| 2.8 | 04.10.2026 13:58 | 34 km | 236 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 07:04 | 50 km | 196 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 06:33 | 15 km | 266 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 04:25 | 36 km | 258 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 01:35 | 10 km | 276 km |
| 3.1 | 03.10.2026 10:02 | 26 km | 287 km |
| 3.3 | 03.10.2026 09:48 | 24 km | 283 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 09:37 | 37.5 km | 244 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 18:50 | 171 km | 222 km |
| 2.5 | 02.10.2026 13:26 | 31 km | 262 km |
| 2.7 | 30.09.2026 22:23 | 8 km | 245 km |
| 3.2 | 30.09.2026 15:02 | 94 km | 175 km |
| 2.6 | 30.09.2026 11:35 | 33 km | 225 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 05:00 | 5 km | 161 km |
| 2.8 | 29.09.2026 18:57 | 12 km | 316 km |
| 3.1 | 29.09.2026 16:58 | 23 km | 240 km |
| 2.5 | 29.09.2026 13:22 | 10 km | 247 km |
| 2.6 | 29.09.2026 02:54 | 83 km | 187 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 21:40 | 1 km | 159 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 18:00 | 15 km | 121 km |
| 2.5 | 28.09.2026 14:49 | 40 km | 235 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 03:55 | 115 km | 172 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 20:19 | 36 km | 235 km |
| 2.8 | 27.09.2026 17:51 | 40 km | 236 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2026 11:01 | 11 km | 252 km |
| 2.6 | 26.09.2026 19:39 | 28 km | 201 km |
| 2.8 | 25.09.2026 14:38 | 1 km | 161 km |
| 2.6 | 25.09.2026 06:43 | 140 km | 213 km |
Regions
Chinandega2,534León2,219Rivas1,781Managua1,621Carazo1,372Río San Juan991Granada745Masaya577South Caribbean Coast536Matagalpa254Chontales252Boaco225Jinotega205Estelí203North Caribbean Coast184
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.