2.5
5,092
recorded earthquakes
M5.8
largest
1977–2026
record span
3.05
mean magnitude
4,463
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.8 | 06.08.1983 01:20 | 10 km | 126 km |
| 5.4 | 31.12.1999 20:44 | 5 km | 128 km |
| 5.3 | 25.03.1989 12:46 | 10 km | 116 km |
| 5.0 | 08.07.2020 05:18 | 0 km | 120 km |
| 4.9 | 30.12.2010 08:56 | 0 km | 128 km |
| 4.9 | 24.03.1977 07:32 | 8 km | 134 km |
| 4.9 | 20.11.1989 06:05 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 4.9 | 31.05.1987 02:54 | 9.8 km | 110 km |
| 4.9 | 25.10.1986 20:07 | 21.5 km | 128 km |
| 4.9 | 06.02.2010 04:55 | 0 km | 137 km |
| 4.9 | 29.01.2019 12:53 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 4.9 | 20.06.1987 00:37 | 7.2 km | 132 km |
| 4.8 | 28.10.1989 01:35 | 10 km | 130 km |
| 4.8 | 17.04.2001 05:05 | 5 km | 158 km |
| 4.8 | 16.01.1982 11:15 | 10 km | 113 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | 13.10.2026 04:12 | 1 km | 130 km |
| 2.3 | 12.10.2026 17:00 | 1 km | 130 km |
| 2.3 | 11.10.2026 02:59 | 1 km | 124 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 12:33 | 1 km | 128 km |
| 2.2 | 08.10.2026 04:04 | 1 km | 124 km |
| 2.4 | 07.10.2026 20:48 | 1 km | 128 km |
| 2.3 | 07.10.2026 04:19 | 0.7 km | 124 km |
| 2.1 | 06.10.2026 15:55 | 1 km | 125 km |
| 2.2 | 06.10.2026 10:53 | 1 km | 129 km |
| 2.8 | 30.09.2026 12:48 | 1 km | 125 km |
| 2.5 | 29.09.2026 15:30 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 2.2 | 28.09.2026 13:26 | 1 km | 131 km |
| 3.6 | 28.09.2026 10:44 | 1 km | 100 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 22:18 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 2.3 | 22.09.2026 23:53 | 3.1 km | 133 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 20:28 | 5 km | 127 km |
| 2.1 | 22.09.2026 15:54 | 9.3 km | 121 km |
| 2.6 | 20.09.2026 19:34 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2026 03:47 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 2.5 | 13.09.2026 19:19 | 10 km | 170 km |
| 3.7 | 12.09.2026 08:41 | 4 km | 165 km |
| 2.6 | 12.09.2026 08:03 | 0 km | 126 km |
| 2.7 | 10.09.2026 01:09 | 1 km | 129 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 04:11 | 1 km | 134 km |
| 2.4 | 08.09.2026 20:36 | 6.4 km | 129 km |
| 2.5 | 02.09.2026 03:48 | 11.6 km | 124 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2026 22:11 | 1 km | 125 km |
| 3.2 | 01.09.2026 21:51 | 1 km | 125 km |
| 2.6 | 01.09.2026 15:49 | 10 km | 122 km |
| 2.3 | 31.08.2026 14:43 | 0 km | 131 km |
| 2.0 | 28.08.2026 18:00 | 0 km | 127 km |
| 2.5 | 28.08.2026 13:12 | 0 km | 121 km |
| 2.1 | 27.08.2026 15:47 | 0.1 km | 134 km |
| 2.2 | 25.08.2026 03:40 | 1 km | 123 km |
| 3.2 | 24.08.2026 12:15 | 1 km | 128 km |
| 2.1 | 23.08.2026 21:08 | 1 km | 130 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 10:23 | 1 km | 124 km |
| 2.8 | 23.08.2026 07:33 | 1.3 km | 127 km |
| 2.4 | 23.08.2026 01:47 | 0.3 km | 169 km |
| 2.5 | 20.08.2026 16:24 | 0 km | 134 km |
| 2.2 | 20.08.2026 07:29 | 1 km | 167 km |
| 2.8 | 19.08.2026 02:25 | 1 km | 141 km |
| 2.0 | 18.08.2026 05:06 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 2.3 | 17.08.2026 18:53 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 2.2 | 14.08.2026 11:11 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 2.6 | 14.08.2026 09:04 | 4 km | 125 km |
| 3.0 | 14.08.2026 07:24 | 7.5 km | 125 km |
| 2.3 | 13.08.2026 00:14 | 1 km | 130 km |
| 4.2 | 12.08.2026 03:45 | 10 km | 135 km |
| 2.0 | 05.08.2026 21:05 | 5.8 km | 129 km |
| 3.1 | 05.08.2026 15:02 | 5.8 km | 163 km |
| 3.4 | 29.07.2026 21:47 | 1 km | 127 km |
| 2.2 | 25.07.2026 03:47 | 1 km | 122 km |
| 3.2 | 23.07.2026 04:18 | 1 km | 126 km |
| 3.5 | 18.07.2026 11:27 | 1 km | 124 km |
| 3.3 | 18.07.2026 05:17 | 10 km | 132 km |
| 2.3 | 17.07.2026 03:51 | 1 km | 128 km |
| 2.5 | 14.07.2026 06:42 | 1 km | 131 km |
| 2.5 | 13.07.2026 03:45 | 4.8 km | 125 km |
| 2.6 | 12.07.2026 15:26 | 1 km | 129 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.