2.9
27,351
recorded earthquakes
M8.1
largest
1906–2026
record span
2.25
mean magnitude
24,898
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 | 25.11.1941 18:03 | 10 km | 19 km |
| 7.8 | 28.02.1969 02:40 | 18.5 km | 732 km |
| 7.8 | 26.05.1975 09:11 | 18.5 km | 193 km |
| 7.2 | 20.05.1931 02:22 | 10 km | 233 km |
| 6.9 | 01.01.1980 16:42 | 8.3 km | 802 km |
| 6.8 | 27.12.1941 18:17 | 60 km | 746 km |
| 6.6 | 15.03.1964 22:30 | 32.3 km | 992 km |
| 6.6 | 08.05.1939 01:46 | 10 km | 496 km |
| 6.4 | 17.10.1983 19:36 | 7.7 km | 127 km |
| 6.3 | 05.04.2007 03:56 | 13.6 km | 522 km |
| 6.2 | 11.07.1915 11:28 | 50 km | 731 km |
| 6.1 | 09.07.1998 05:19 | 13.6 km | 868 km |
| 6.1 | 06.09.1969 14:30 | 41.6 km | 601 km |
| 6.1 | 28.02.1969 04:25 | 30.1 km | 738 km |
| 6.1 | 05.05.2015 02:03 | 14 km | 1251 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 22:23 | 15 km | 520 km |
| 2.9 | 13.10.2026 22:05 | 5 km | 527 km |
| 2.3 | 13.10.2026 19:26 | 28 km | 729 km |
| 2.4 | 13.10.2026 12:38 | 12.7 km | 1088 km |
| 1.6 | 13.10.2026 03:00 | 9.4 km | 1103 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 10:35 | 40 km | 971 km |
| 2.3 | 10.10.2026 22:48 | 5.9 km | 880 km |
| 1.8 | 09.10.2026 18:28 | 6.1 km | 1012 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 11:25 | 31.7 km | 1003 km |
| 2.3 | 09.10.2026 04:40 | 5.1 km | 557 km |
| 2.8 | 09.10.2026 03:03 | 28 km | 706 km |
| 2.5 | 08.10.2026 06:03 | 18 km | 791 km |
| 2.8 | 06.10.2026 20:04 | 5 km | 520 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2026 06:54 | 34.4 km | 972 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2026 22:29 | 7.2 km | 895 km |
| 2.2 | 05.10.2026 00:11 | 13 km | 512 km |
| 2.3 | 04.10.2026 22:55 | 33 km | 515 km |
| 2.5 | 04.10.2026 22:37 | 15 km | 482 km |
| 2.1 | 04.10.2026 01:23 | 5.8 km | 969 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2026 16:48 | 31.9 km | 987 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 14:18 | 3 km | 526 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 10:54 | 6 km | 540 km |
| 1.8 | 03.10.2026 00:51 | 33.3 km | 987 km |
| 2.7 | 01.10.2026 22:37 | 7.2 km | 663 km |
| 2.3 | 29.09.2026 19:06 | 33.2 km | 986 km |
| 2.2 | 29.09.2026 15:44 | 25.5 km | 1146 km |
| 2.0 | 29.09.2026 11:17 | 5.4 km | 964 km |
| 1.7 | 29.09.2026 10:04 | 32 km | 1019 km |
| 2.8 | 27.09.2026 10:24 | 49.8 km | 1009 km |
| 2.8 | 26.09.2026 21:38 | 7 km | 522 km |
| 2.4 | 26.09.2026 17:10 | 6.2 km | 990 km |
| 2.2 | 25.09.2026 23:25 | 15 km | 488 km |
| 1.8 | 25.09.2026 14:07 | 21.6 km | 1083 km |
| 1.6 | 25.09.2026 14:06 | 17.2 km | 1085 km |
| 2.3 | 25.09.2026 06:45 | 27.5 km | 910 km |
| 2.4 | 25.09.2026 02:27 | 28.2 km | 908 km |
| 2.6 | 24.09.2026 17:27 | 29.8 km | 797 km |
| 2.1 | 24.09.2026 13:31 | 23.4 km | 988 km |
| 2.5 | 24.09.2026 02:47 | 18 km | 812 km |
| 2.4 | 23.09.2026 20:17 | 15 km | 482 km |
| 2.4 | 23.09.2026 20:13 | 15 km | 481 km |
| 1.6 | 23.09.2026 04:44 | 23.7 km | 1073 km |
| 1.7 | 22.09.2026 05:02 | 8.8 km | 1060 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 04:27 | 79.2 km | 473 km |
| 1.6 | 22.09.2026 03:56 | 9.2 km | 1139 km |
| 1.6 | 21.09.2026 23:39 | 1 km | 1029 km |
| 1.7 | 21.09.2026 23:28 | 1 km | 1031 km |
| 2.0 | 21.09.2026 20:20 | 5 km | 517 km |
| 2.1 | 21.09.2026 15:49 | 10.9 km | 520 km |
| 2.4 | 21.09.2026 01:54 | 13.4 km | 1095 km |
| 2.3 | 19.09.2026 16:20 | 15 km | 497 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2026 11:46 | 6.7 km | 1165 km |
| 2.1 | 19.09.2026 09:05 | 1.3 km | 675 km |
| 1.5 | 18.09.2026 18:53 | 13.1 km | 1158 km |
| 2.2 | 18.09.2026 17:20 | 4 km | 887 km |
| 1.9 | 18.09.2026 07:16 | 48.5 km | 1033 km |
| 2.5 | 18.09.2026 06:16 | 5 km | 525 km |
| 2.4 | 18.09.2026 04:19 | 3 km | 532 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2026 17:20 | 20 km | 1013 km |
| 1.5 | 13.09.2026 19:01 | 11.7 km | 1112 km |
Regions
Azores9,039Beja1,583Faro1,400Bragança1,095Viana do Castelo1,044Évora838Vila Real791Setúbal690Guarda674Santarém549Viseu460Portalegre447Braga280Leiria244Lisbon233Porto155
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.