4.1
20,712
recorded earthquakes
M9.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.29
mean magnitude
19,826
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 04.11.1952 16:58 | 21.6 km | 664 km |
| 8.9 | 29.07.2025 23:38 | 35 km | 701 km |
| 8.7 | 29.07.2025 23:24 | 35 km | 665 km |
| 8.5 | 03.02.1923 16:01 | 15 km | 466 km |
| 8.3 | 30.07.2025 01:45 | 85.3 km | 791 km |
| 8.2 | 04.11.1952 10:58 | — | 699 km |
| 8.2 | 18.09.2025 19:08 | 10 km | 884 km |
| 8.2 | 14.03.2018 10:54 | 0 km | 491 km |
| 8.0 | 04.05.1959 07:15 | 55 km | 604 km |
| 8.0 | 30.07.2025 01:40 | 10 km | 708 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 01:38 | 0 km | 858 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 05:19 | 10 km | 812 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 02:25 | 34.6 km | 725 km |
| 7.9 | 18.09.2025 18:58 | 27 km | 588 km |
| 7.8 | 22.11.1969 23:09 | 25.6 km | 94 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 | 13.10.2026 13:53 | 33 km | 776 km |
| 4.9 | 13.10.2026 12:05 | 10 km | 761 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2026 20:02 | 50 km | 315 km |
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 14:29 | 10 km | 925 km |
| 4.6 | 11.10.2026 11:18 | 68.7 km | 618 km |
| 4.6 | 09.10.2026 21:19 | 78.3 km | 787 km |
| 4.8 | 09.10.2026 17:09 | 10 km | 716 km |
| 4.7 | 09.10.2026 16:59 | 33.5 km | 695 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 12:27 | 84 km | 613 km |
| 4.2 | 09.10.2026 04:52 | 55 km | 775 km |
| 4.5 | 08.10.2026 18:15 | 40 km | 674 km |
| 4.8 | 07.10.2026 18:15 | 10 km | 408 km |
| 4.2 | 07.10.2026 11:24 | 20 km | 689 km |
| 4.7 | 07.10.2026 02:46 | 40 km | 636 km |
| 4.8 | 07.10.2026 01:55 | 38 km | 697 km |
| 4.8 | 07.10.2026 00:30 | 61.9 km | 640 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2026 09:33 | 60 km | 893 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 03:14 | 40 km | 783 km |
| 4.3 | 03.10.2026 23:14 | 78.2 km | 848 km |
| 5.1 | 03.10.2026 20:00 | 10 km | 771 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 19:30 | 10 km | 782 km |
| 4.5 | 03.10.2026 10:55 | 10 km | 765 km |
| 4.2 | 03.10.2026 10:02 | 10 km | 714 km |
| 4.6 | 03.10.2026 07:52 | 60 km | 765 km |
| 4.7 | 03.10.2026 03:13 | 39 km | 747 km |
| 4.5 | 03.10.2026 03:07 | 20 km | 810 km |
| 5.0 | 03.10.2026 02:59 | 10 km | 702 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 00:21 | 98.5 km | 667 km |
| 4.4 | 03.10.2026 00:20 | 80 km | 773 km |
| 4.8 | 03.10.2026 00:01 | 38.7 km | 742 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 23:59 | 10 km | 770 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 23:54 | 35 km | 763 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 21:14 | 35 km | 740 km |
| 4.4 | 02.10.2026 21:05 | 93.2 km | 725 km |
| 4.4 | 02.10.2026 21:04 | 40 km | 771 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 20:54 | 30.9 km | 755 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 20:38 | 89.1 km | 727 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 20:37 | 74.6 km | 724 km |
| 5.1 | 02.10.2026 20:27 | 10 km | 799 km |
| 4.9 | 02.10.2026 20:25 | 38.8 km | 750 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 20:07 | 20 km | 770 km |
| 4.2 | 02.10.2026 19:11 | 20 km | 765 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 18:25 | 10 km | 768 km |
| 4.5 | 02.10.2026 18:21 | 40 km | 770 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 17:05 | 33 km | 776 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 16:57 | 60 km | 755 km |
| 4.7 | 02.10.2026 16:50 | 80 km | 787 km |
| 5.8 | 02.10.2026 16:34 | 29.5 km | 759 km |
| 4.6 | 02.10.2026 16:02 | 99.1 km | 653 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 03:50 | 30 km | 680 km |
| 4.9 | 30.09.2026 18:36 | 31.9 km | 677 km |
| 4.6 | 30.09.2026 18:26 | 20 km | 685 km |
| 5.0 | 30.09.2026 18:21 | 35 km | 681 km |
| 4.4 | 29.09.2026 14:40 | 54 km | 477 km |
| 4.4 | 29.09.2026 09:14 | 50 km | 766 km |
| 4.5 | 29.09.2026 00:05 | 35 km | 430 km |
| 4.5 | 28.09.2026 00:37 | 10 km | 115 km |
| 4.8 | 24.09.2026 10:55 | 40 km | 658 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 05:08 | 50 km | 803 km |
| 4.5 | 18.09.2026 19:16 | 30.9 km | 246 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.