4.9
25,395
recorded earthquakes
M8.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
4.38
mean magnitude
22,560
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 13.10.1963 05:17 | 35 km | 451 km |
| 8.4 | 06.11.1958 22:58 | 35 km | 496 km |
| 8.3 | 24.05.2013 05:44 | 607 km | 729 km |
| 8.3 | 30.07.2025 01:45 | 85.3 km | 721 km |
| 8.3 | 15.11.2006 11:14 | 16.1 km | 407 km |
| 8.2 | 04.10.1994 13:23 | 29.2 km | 590 km |
| 8.2 | 11.08.1969 21:27 | 30.1 km | 614 km |
| 8.2 | 07.09.1918 17:16 | 15 km | 269 km |
| 8.1 | 13.01.2007 04:23 | 16.6 km | 499 km |
| 8.1 | 07.09.1918 17:16 | 15 km | 496 km |
| 8.1 | 04.03.1952 01:22 | 45 km | 850 km |
| 7.9 | 20.10.1963 00:53 | 28.2 km | 479 km |
| 7.9 | 01.05.1915 05:00 | 30 km | 450 km |
| 7.9 | 30.07.2025 01:38 | 0 km | 716 km |
| 7.9 | 03.12.1995 18:01 | 48.1 km | 485 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.9 | 12.10.2026 15:44 | 35 km | 429 km |
| 5.2 | 11.10.2026 17:00 | 83.4 km | 501 km |
| 4.3 | 10.10.2026 03:44 | 60 km | 487 km |
| 4.0 | 09.10.2026 09:49 | 277.9 km | 654 km |
| 4.6 | 07.10.2026 01:39 | 108.7 km | 325 km |
| 4.8 | 06.10.2026 17:47 | 35 km | 555 km |
| 4.2 | 06.10.2026 17:32 | 35 km | 446 km |
| 5.8 | 06.10.2026 16:48 | 29 km | 432 km |
| 4.0 | 05.10.2026 23:46 | 40 km | 512 km |
| 4.5 | 05.10.2026 04:16 | 35 km | 388 km |
| 4.4 | 04.10.2026 20:16 | 35 km | 383 km |
| 4.3 | 01.10.2026 13:00 | 57.4 km | 474 km |
| 4.1 | 28.09.2026 05:37 | 20 km | 551 km |
| 4.6 | 28.09.2026 04:42 | 258.7 km | 183 km |
| 4.4 | 27.09.2026 20:49 | 10 km | 568 km |
| 4.1 | 26.09.2026 02:06 | 60 km | 415 km |
| 4.1 | 24.09.2026 08:44 | 85 km | 449 km |
| 4.4 | 23.09.2026 01:44 | 35 km | 371 km |
| 4.6 | 22.09.2026 13:56 | 83.9 km | 568 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 13:34 | 70 km | 584 km |
| 3.9 | 21.09.2026 04:03 | 50 km | 617 km |
| 4.1 | 21.09.2026 01:57 | 495 km | 251 km |
| 4.6 | 20.09.2026 23:25 | 57.4 km | 619 km |
| 4.8 | 19.09.2026 09:34 | 394.1 km | 260 km |
| 4.1 | 15.09.2026 15:38 | 33 km | 653 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2026 17:04 | 90 km | 364 km |
| 4.2 | 14.09.2026 04:28 | 50 km | 477 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 23:35 | 119.7 km | 345 km |
| 4.5 | 08.09.2026 14:13 | 64.4 km | 497 km |
| 4.4 | 07.09.2026 16:54 | 35 km | 499 km |
| 5.5 | 04.09.2026 23:52 | 32 km | 447 km |
| 4.5 | 02.09.2026 05:08 | 144.1 km | 264 km |
| 4.6 | 31.08.2026 09:19 | 147.8 km | 424 km |
| 4.6 | 29.08.2026 04:48 | 44 km | 462 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 01:46 | 306.9 km | 305 km |
| 4.1 | 26.08.2026 08:16 | 50 km | 552 km |
| 4.7 | 26.08.2026 07:32 | 159.5 km | 509 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 17:44 | 185.4 km | 281 km |
| 4.3 | 25.08.2026 14:45 | 78.9 km | 502 km |
| 5.0 | 25.08.2026 09:07 | 96.9 km | 700 km |
| 4.5 | 23.08.2026 06:43 | 33 km | 620 km |
| 4.5 | 21.08.2026 10:38 | 350.5 km | 253 km |
| 5.4 | 19.08.2026 18:07 | 41.2 km | 501 km |
| 5.1 | 17.08.2026 21:36 | 93.5 km | 326 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2026 09:32 | 40 km | 525 km |
| 5.4 | 15.08.2026 00:43 | 79 km | 559 km |
| 4.1 | 14.08.2026 10:13 | 140 km | 292 km |
| 4.5 | 13.08.2026 07:09 | 39.2 km | 467 km |
| 4.4 | 12.08.2026 10:47 | 159.3 km | 321 km |
| 4.5 | 11.08.2026 12:13 | 174.3 km | 300 km |
| 4.1 | 10.08.2026 20:54 | 35 km | 520 km |
| 4.7 | 10.08.2026 10:36 | 66.1 km | 558 km |
| 4.7 | 08.08.2026 15:33 | 10 km | 354 km |
| 4.8 | 08.08.2026 05:39 | 82.5 km | 500 km |
| 5.0 | 07.08.2026 14:21 | 83.9 km | 583 km |
| 4.7 | 05.08.2026 05:02 | 64 km | 424 km |
| 4.6 | 05.08.2026 02:46 | 73.3 km | 576 km |
| 4.7 | 03.08.2026 14:39 | 35 km | 651 km |
| 4.9 | 03.08.2026 11:26 | 57.7 km | 515 km |
| 4.4 | 03.08.2026 09:50 | 33 km | 465 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.