3.6
70,224
recorded earthquakes
M9.2
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.07
mean magnitude
68,279
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.2 | 26.08.2024 04:26 | — | 2757 km |
| 8.6 | 15.08.1950 14:09 | 15 km | 1090 km |
| 8.3 | 23.07.1905 02:46 | 15 km | 1632 km |
| 8.1 | 04.12.1957 03:37 | 30 km | 1123 km |
| 8.1 | 12.04.1910 00:22 | 235 km | 2125 km |
| 8.1 | 20.12.1946 19:19 | 15 km | 2877 km |
| 8.1 | 07.12.1944 04:35 | 15 km | 2899 km |
| 8.0 | 16.12.1920 12:05 | 15 km | 170 km |
| 8.0 | 15.01.1934 08:43 | 15 km | 1877 km |
| 8.0 | 09.07.1905 09:40 | 15 km | 1622 km |
| 7.9 | 12.05.2008 06:28 | 10.4 km | 549 km |
| 7.9 | 15.06.1911 14:25 | 150 km | 2344 km |
| 7.9 | 10.08.1931 21:18 | 10 km | 1771 km |
| 7.9 | 05.06.1920 04:21 | 20 km | 2103 km |
| 7.9 | 25.04.2015 06:11 | 13.4 km | 1956 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 12.10.2026 22:18 | 19 km | 168 km |
| 3.7 | 12.10.2026 22:01 | 11 km | 859 km |
| 4.1 | 12.10.2026 18:34 | 10 km | 1680 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 15:30 | 19 km | 1382 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 13:26 | 7 km | 1407 km |
| 3.5 | 12.10.2026 12:14 | 93 km | 1299 km |
| 3.1 | 12.10.2026 11:10 | 5 km | 2539 km |
| 4.4 | 12.10.2026 08:45 | 208.4 km | 2392 km |
| 3.9 | 12.10.2026 08:27 | 135 km | 1235 km |
| 2.7 | 12.10.2026 05:07 | 6 km | 1672 km |
| 4.8 | 12.10.2026 01:28 | 78.2 km | 1514 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 20:24 | 144.2 km | 2727 km |
| 3.2 | 11.10.2026 18:26 | 6.6 km | 2488 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 18:01 | 5 km | 2601 km |
| 4.8 | 11.10.2026 12:13 | 10 km | 2412 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 00:54 | 7 km | 1686 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 22:38 | 14 km | 2430 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 19:55 | 5 km | 2317 km |
| 3.3 | 10.10.2026 16:43 | 21 km | 1967 km |
| 3.0 | 10.10.2026 16:21 | 30 km | 1576 km |
| 4.4 | 10.10.2026 14:37 | 22 km | 2377 km |
| 3.8 | 10.10.2026 14:06 | 1 km | 2182 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 13:52 | 9 km | 1626 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 10:10 | 5 km | 2281 km |
| 3.4 | 10.10.2026 08:50 | 10 km | 1531 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 06:30 | 24 km | 1601 km |
| 3.1 | 10.10.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 2411 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 01:54 | 5 km | 1638 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 01:29 | 10 km | 1641 km |
| 4.2 | 10.10.2026 01:23 | 9 km | 1609 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 01:03 | 5 km | 1624 km |
| 3.3 | 09.10.2026 23:48 | 0 km | 2619 km |
| 3.7 | 09.10.2026 21:49 | 10 km | 1359 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 21:43 | 10 km | 1366 km |
| 3.4 | 09.10.2026 20:04 | 19 km | 1939 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 19:18 | 10 km | 1732 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 16:45 | 22 km | 634 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 12:58 | 11 km | 2390 km |
| 2.4 | 09.10.2026 09:51 | 5 km | 2787 km |
| 3.2 | 09.10.2026 06:04 | 10 km | 1688 km |
| 3.8 | 09.10.2026 04:21 | 23 km | 634 km |
| 2.9 | 09.10.2026 02:15 | 10 km | 1736 km |
| 3.5 | 09.10.2026 02:12 | 10 km | 2405 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 01:34 | 10 km | 2228 km |
| 2.7 | 09.10.2026 01:18 | 10 km | 1659 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 01:11 | 10 km | 1638 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 00:04 | 10 km | 2600 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 22:47 | 136 km | 1675 km |
| 3.1 | 08.10.2026 21:11 | 50 km | 1619 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 19:38 | 10 km | 1434 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 18:50 | 10 km | 1691 km |
| 2.7 | 08.10.2026 08:34 | 4 km | 2827 km |
| 3.0 | 08.10.2026 04:23 | 10 km | 2412 km |
| 3.7 | 08.10.2026 02:43 | 40 km | 2454 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 21:36 | 10 km | 2412 km |
| 3.7 | 07.10.2026 15:52 | 10 km | 2210 km |
| 3.0 | 07.10.2026 10:56 | 5 km | 823 km |
| 3.5 | 07.10.2026 07:03 | 60 km | 2472 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 06:25 | 10 km | 2561 km |
| 3.1 | 07.10.2026 06:05 | 22 km | 1781 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.