2.6
1,780
recorded earthquakes
M7.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.91
mean magnitude
909
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 05.09.2012 14:42 | 20.7 km | 144 km |
| 7.6 | 02.09.1992 00:16 | 22.5 km | 219 km |
| 7.6 | 21.12.1939 20:54 | 25 km | 191 km |
| 7.5 | 05.10.1950 16:09 | 97.9 km | 106 km |
| 7.3 | 26.04.1916 02:21 | 35 km | 157 km |
| 7.3 | 25.03.1990 13:22 | 21.2 km | 183 km |
| 7.2 | 30.12.1907 05:26 | 0 km | 122 km |
| 7.2 | 21.06.1900 20:52 | 0 km | 146 km |
| 7.2 | 24.04.1916 08:02 | 35 km | 67 km |
| 7.2 | 24.10.1956 14:42 | 35 km | 119 km |
| 7.1 | 16.08.1909 06:58 | 0 km | 222 km |
| 7.1 | 08.10.1901 02:16 | — | 111 km |
| 7.1 | 15.10.1967 08:00 | 168.8 km | 77 km |
| 7.0 | 05.11.1926 07:55 | 15 km | 205 km |
| 7.0 | 23.08.1978 00:38 | 30.1 km | 133 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 23:21 | 11 km | 67 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 18:14 | 10 km | 58 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2026 12:33 | 165.7 km | 66 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 02:59 | 7 km | 67 km |
| 3.2 | 04.10.2026 23:37 | 13 km | 63 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 07:04 | 50 km | 48 km |
| 2.6 | 02.10.2026 18:50 | 171 km | 68 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 05:00 | 5 km | 67 km |
| 3.0 | 28.09.2026 03:55 | 115 km | 64 km |
| 3.3 | 23.09.2026 23:09 | 340 km | 80 km |
| 4.3 | 17.09.2026 09:08 | 59 km | 80 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2026 10:50 | 152 km | 55 km |
| 2.9 | 11.09.2026 14:06 | 203 km | 32 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 11:50 | 7 km | 64 km |
| 2.5 | 23.08.2026 17:11 | 154 km | 23 km |
| 3.4 | 20.08.2026 21:31 | 68 km | 64 km |
| 2.6 | 14.08.2026 05:53 | 57 km | 90 km |
| 2.9 | 09.08.2026 20:42 | 34 km | 65 km |
| 2.6 | 08.08.2026 22:50 | 59 km | 43 km |
| 2.8 | 04.08.2026 20:31 | 100 km | 84 km |
| 2.7 | 04.08.2026 00:52 | 156 km | 24 km |
| 4.6 | 02.08.2026 16:09 | 136.5 km | 50 km |
| 2.6 | 28.07.2026 09:37 | 166 km | 12 km |
| 2.8 | 27.07.2026 12:10 | 196 km | 30 km |
| 2.5 | 26.07.2026 20:19 | 21 km | 44 km |
| 2.7 | 26.07.2026 08:34 | 34 km | 71 km |
| 3.8 | 25.07.2026 02:53 | 206 km | 53 km |
| 4.2 | 24.07.2026 10:25 | 143 km | 53 km |
| 2.7 | 18.07.2026 04:50 | 49 km | 47 km |
| 3.4 | 17.07.2026 17:25 | 2 km | 90 km |
| 2.5 | 17.07.2026 02:58 | 153 km | 57 km |
| 2.6 | 08.07.2026 09:22 | 202 km | 44 km |
| 3.0 | 07.07.2026 17:47 | 68 km | 54 km |
| 2.7 | 03.07.2026 00:28 | 196 km | 24 km |
| 2.9 | 02.07.2026 10:28 | 10 km | 82 km |
| 3.0 | 30.06.2026 19:53 | 200 km | 45 km |
| 2.9 | 26.06.2026 18:48 | 54 km | 69 km |
| 5.3 | 26.06.2026 11:57 | 124 km | 137 km |
| 2.8 | 25.06.2026 06:47 | 127 km | 40 km |
| 2.7 | 24.06.2026 07:44 | 212 km | 20 km |
| 2.7 | 23.06.2026 11:33 | 150 km | 39 km |
| 2.8 | 22.06.2026 05:14 | 192 km | 68 km |
| 3.3 | 21.06.2026 12:47 | 144 km | 66 km |
| 2.6 | 16.06.2026 02:12 | 7 km | 19 km |
| 2.9 | 13.06.2026 21:21 | 154 km | 34 km |
| 2.6 | 13.06.2026 14:32 | 149 km | 30 km |
| 2.6 | 12.06.2026 15:59 | 182 km | 23 km |
| 2.9 | 11.06.2026 21:29 | 69 km | 56 km |
| 3.3 | 10.06.2026 21:21 | 184 km | 28 km |
| 5.0 | 10.06.2026 03:01 | 65.5 km | 83 km |
| 2.5 | 10.06.2026 02:13 | 299 km | 33 km |
| 4.1 | 09.06.2026 16:06 | 164.1 km | 15 km |
| 3.3 | 08.06.2026 01:14 | 300 km | 59 km |
| 2.5 | 07.06.2026 11:14 | 188 km | 55 km |
| 2.6 | 06.06.2026 09:37 | 165 km | 39 km |
| 3.5 | 29.05.2026 15:39 | 0 km | 58 km |
| 3.6 | 20.05.2026 10:44 | 60 km | 69 km |
| 2.7 | 20.05.2026 09:42 | 77 km | 57 km |
| 3.0 | 19.05.2026 20:15 | 169 km | 26 km |
| 3.1 | 18.05.2026 12:21 | 52 km | 77 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.