3.1
2,740
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
3.87
mean magnitude
1,587
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 | 01.04.2014 23:46 | 17.1 km | 232 km |
| 7.6 | 07.07.2001 09:38 | 24.5 km | 157 km |
| 7.6 | 06.06.1915 21:29 | 160 km | 221 km |
| 7.2 | 26.02.1914 04:58 | 100 km | 199 km |
| 7.2 | 08.08.1987 15:48 | 19.1 km | 182 km |
| 7.1 | 16.02.1979 10:08 | 47.1 km | 260 km |
| 7.0 | 12.04.1988 23:19 | 30.7 km | 192 km |
| 7.0 | 15.01.1958 19:14 | 64 km | 228 km |
| 6.9 | 30.08.1906 02:38 | 60 km | 91 km |
| 6.8 | 24.05.1991 20:50 | 122.8 km | 114 km |
| 6.7 | 26.06.2001 04:18 | 25.9 km | 134 km |
| 6.7 | 25.02.1983 22:49 | 137.7 km | 157 km |
| 6.6 | 11.05.1948 08:55 | 58.7 km | 40 km |
| 6.6 | 08.01.1956 20:54 | 51.5 km | 156 km |
| 6.5 | 30.11.1999 04:01 | 125.8 km | 199 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 17:44 | 150 km | 81 km |
| 2.7 | 04.10.2026 23:14 | 30.6 km | 123 km |
| 3.4 | 30.09.2026 01:52 | 11 km | 55 km |
| 2.7 | 29.09.2026 10:42 | 95.2 km | 106 km |
| 3.3 | 25.09.2026 17:35 | 11 km | 61 km |
| 2.7 | 20.09.2026 03:45 | 163.7 km | 60 km |
| 2.5 | 19.09.2026 21:34 | 161.6 km | 81 km |
| 2.7 | 19.09.2026 14:15 | 65.8 km | 55 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 14:42 | 152.1 km | 119 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 21:14 | 120.6 km | 106 km |
| 3.2 | 16.09.2026 05:41 | 116.3 km | 101 km |
| 2.5 | 15.09.2026 00:14 | 173.9 km | 43 km |
| 3.5 | 12.09.2026 23:55 | 90.5 km | 50 km |
| 4.3 | 12.09.2026 16:04 | 122.7 km | 35 km |
| 2.8 | 12.09.2026 12:13 | 6.7 km | 135 km |
| 2.7 | 10.09.2026 13:24 | 158.7 km | 70 km |
| 2.9 | 10.09.2026 06:18 | 40.9 km | 11 km |
| 2.8 | 08.09.2026 03:01 | 88.1 km | 113 km |
| 2.8 | 03.09.2026 11:44 | 11.6 km | 122 km |
| 3.0 | 31.08.2026 18:46 | 83.1 km | 100 km |
| 4.7 | 30.08.2026 16:04 | 102 km | 105 km |
| 3.0 | 29.08.2026 00:39 | 181.1 km | 104 km |
| 3.8 | 28.08.2026 16:00 | 106.6 km | 107 km |
| 2.9 | 28.08.2026 08:26 | 124.4 km | 134 km |
| 4.5 | 27.08.2026 17:40 | 142 km | 77 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 17:19 | 136.9 km | 113 km |
| 3.1 | 23.08.2026 13:30 | 135.4 km | 40 km |
| 3.2 | 17.08.2026 14:30 | 106 km | 71 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2026 18:28 | 158.6 km | 65 km |
| 3.3 | 12.08.2026 11:47 | 4 km | 103 km |
| 2.5 | 09.08.2026 11:55 | 100.8 km | 34 km |
| 3.3 | 06.08.2026 23:49 | 123.7 km | 93 km |
| 2.8 | 29.07.2026 09:57 | 127.4 km | 95 km |
| 2.8 | 28.07.2026 17:06 | 141.6 km | 66 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 14:34 | 25.3 km | 137 km |
| 3.0 | 28.07.2026 10:45 | 10 km | 134 km |
| 2.5 | 27.07.2026 09:07 | 154.8 km | 67 km |
| 4.3 | 24.07.2026 07:41 | 145 km | 72 km |
| 2.7 | 23.07.2026 19:22 | 145.9 km | 102 km |
| 2.8 | 21.07.2026 12:35 | 171.1 km | 29 km |
| 3.1 | 15.07.2026 17:33 | 158.6 km | 70 km |
| 2.7 | 14.07.2026 00:48 | 89.9 km | 71 km |
| 2.9 | 13.07.2026 17:52 | 106.2 km | 41 km |
| 2.8 | 09.07.2026 07:18 | 115.1 km | 120 km |
| 2.6 | 08.07.2026 09:36 | 107 km | 124 km |
| 3.1 | 06.07.2026 12:16 | 112.9 km | 119 km |
| 3.2 | 05.07.2026 04:56 | 25.3 km | 122 km |
| 2.5 | 04.07.2026 22:38 | 108.2 km | 95 km |
| 3.0 | 03.07.2026 05:49 | 122.4 km | 107 km |
| 3.3 | 01.07.2026 10:24 | 154.2 km | 84 km |
| 3.1 | 28.06.2026 06:26 | 140.7 km | 104 km |
| 2.5 | 25.06.2026 07:19 | 68.3 km | 112 km |
| 3.8 | 24.06.2026 22:59 | 172.7 km | 81 km |
| 2.6 | 23.06.2026 10:51 | 86.9 km | 58 km |
| 3.0 | 22.06.2026 02:31 | 131.2 km | 84 km |
| 4.2 | 21.06.2026 08:50 | 119 km | 57 km |
| 3.2 | 20.06.2026 16:44 | 31.1 km | 107 km |
| 3.1 | 18.06.2026 18:59 | 115.3 km | 73 km |
| 2.5 | 16.06.2026 16:56 | 56.8 km | 94 km |
| 2.8 | 14.06.2026 10:25 | 106 km | 32 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.