6.0
42,415
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.37
mean magnitude
41,142
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 26.07.1971 01:23 | 43 km | 552 km |
| 8.1 | 20.09.1935 01:46 | 30 km | 829 km |
| 8.1 | 01.04.2007 20:39 | 14.5 km | 982 km |
| 8.0 | 14.07.1971 06:11 | 35 km | 613 km |
| 8.0 | 14.09.1906 16:04 | 35 km | 128 km |
| 8.0 | 16.11.2000 04:54 | 32 km | 506 km |
| 7.9 | 22.01.2017 04:30 | 156.5 km | 738 km |
| 7.9 | 17.12.2016 10:51 | 105.2 km | 597 km |
| 7.8 | 16.11.2000 07:42 | 27.5 km | 545 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.1900 21:04 | 0 km | 971 km |
| 7.8 | 06.05.1919 19:41 | 35 km | 614 km |
| 7.8 | 17.11.2000 21:01 | 30.6 km | 399 km |
| 7.7 | 18.03.1983 09:05 | 84.4 km | 605 km |
| 7.7 | 16.08.1995 10:27 | 40.2 km | 644 km |
| 7.7 | 30.01.1939 02:18 | 35 km | 783 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | 13.10.2026 18:45 | 20.8 km | 427 km |
| 5.1 | 13.10.2026 16:28 | 28.4 km | 427 km |
| 5.3 | 13.10.2026 14:36 | 18.5 km | 427 km |
| 6.2 | 11.10.2026 14:07 | 53.5 km | 809 km |
| 4.6 | 10.10.2026 15:10 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 4.4 | 10.10.2026 10:11 | 56.8 km | 99 km |
| 4.6 | 10.10.2026 09:42 | 30.4 km | 864 km |
| 4.7 | 09.10.2026 20:20 | 50.5 km | 426 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 18:34 | 24 km | 923 km |
| 4.6 | 07.10.2026 17:36 | 101.5 km | 553 km |
| 2.7 | 07.10.2026 17:24 | 58 km | 885 km |
| 4.9 | 06.10.2026 08:45 | 20.6 km | 530 km |
| 4.8 | 05.10.2026 22:48 | 142.5 km | 653 km |
| 4.4 | 05.10.2026 18:28 | 124.9 km | 238 km |
| 4.6 | 04.10.2026 11:09 | 162.1 km | 370 km |
| 4.9 | 04.10.2026 01:38 | 94.2 km | 141 km |
| 4.6 | 03.10.2026 17:24 | 81.9 km | 146 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 11:05 | 232.1 km | 96 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 20:26 | 86.7 km | 535 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 11:14 | 38.2 km | 731 km |
| 4.9 | 02.10.2026 04:10 | 35 km | 800 km |
| 5.1 | 30.09.2026 08:15 | 28 km | 428 km |
| 4.9 | 26.09.2026 21:49 | 63.6 km | 539 km |
| 5.6 | 26.09.2026 14:08 | 69.5 km | 534 km |
| 2.9 | 25.09.2026 05:14 | 26 km | 944 km |
| 5.3 | 24.09.2026 23:30 | 53.6 km | 121 km |
| 5.1 | 24.09.2026 18:00 | 94 km | 475 km |
| 5.2 | 24.09.2026 12:29 | 95.6 km | 364 km |
| 4.5 | 23.09.2026 22:31 | 35 km | 21 km |
| 5.4 | 20.09.2026 12:45 | 116 km | 257 km |
| 6.4 | 20.09.2026 09:17 | 104.3 km | 265 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.2026 12:44 | 10 km | 459 km |
| 5.1 | 16.09.2026 20:21 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 4.6 | 16.09.2026 19:37 | 59.9 km | 285 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2026 11:34 | 10 km | 778 km |
| 4.7 | 15.09.2026 10:20 | 10 km | 775 km |
| 5.0 | 14.09.2026 22:06 | 119.8 km | 209 km |
| 4.8 | 14.09.2026 19:28 | 10 km | 267 km |
| 4.5 | 14.09.2026 06:19 | 99.2 km | 450 km |
| 4.3 | 12.09.2026 22:14 | 367 km | 554 km |
| 4.4 | 12.09.2026 14:32 | 313.4 km | 721 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2026 22:12 | 35 km | 503 km |
| 4.3 | 07.09.2026 21:15 | 65.7 km | 507 km |
| 4.2 | 07.09.2026 16:50 | 45.6 km | 568 km |
| 4.6 | 06.09.2026 06:44 | 60.3 km | 674 km |
| 5.5 | 05.09.2026 14:12 | 114.4 km | 621 km |
| 5.4 | 02.09.2026 20:04 | 57.5 km | 257 km |
| 4.5 | 30.08.2026 22:07 | 52.1 km | 830 km |
| 4.5 | 30.08.2026 18:18 | 47.8 km | 787 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2026 20:19 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 4.5 | 28.08.2026 12:21 | 10 km | 857 km |
| 4.2 | 28.08.2026 08:56 | 18 km | 830 km |
| 4.4 | 27.08.2026 23:50 | 267.5 km | 490 km |
| 4.3 | 27.08.2026 04:49 | 564.6 km | 174 km |
| 4.0 | 25.08.2026 18:16 | 27 km | 850 km |
| 4.5 | 25.08.2026 01:22 | 109.3 km | 802 km |
| 4.6 | 24.08.2026 21:02 | 10 km | 343 km |
| 4.6 | 23.08.2026 14:06 | 28.6 km | 787 km |
| 4.3 | 23.08.2026 10:44 | 103 km | 179 km |
| 5.1 | 20.08.2026 18:25 | 35 km | 583 km |
Regions
East New Britain8,941West New Britain8,497New Ireland7,291Morobe6,931of Bougainville6,181Madang5,091Sandaun2,652East Sepik2,589Southern Highlands1,584Western1,464Eastern Highlands1,057Gulf859Milne Bay670Enga549Central467Western Highlands442Oro337Chimbu276
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.