1.5
6,383
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1919–2026
record span
1.73
mean magnitude
1,974
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 10.07.1923 05:31 | 35 km | 69 km |
| 5.6 | 13.08.1967 22:07 | 8.7 km | 119 km |
| 5.5 | 22.02.1924 15:32 | 10 km | 103 km |
| 5.3 | 29.11.1919 00:25 | 15 km | 87 km |
| 5.3 | 17.02.1978 02:34 | 33 km | 145 km |
| 5.3 | 19.11.1923 03:53 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 5.1 | 29.02.1980 20:40 | 10 km | 119 km |
| 4.9 | 06.01.1989 19:33 | 22.7 km | 106 km |
| 4.9 | 04.10.1999 18:14 | 15.7 km | 103 km |
| 4.8 | 16.07.2007 07:47 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 4.8 | 30.12.2012 23:35 | 2 km | 117 km |
| 4.8 | 16.05.2002 14:56 | 3 km | 89 km |
| 4.8 | 12.12.2002 17:59 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.7 | 09.06.1962 05:59 | — | 47 km |
| 4.7 | 27.06.1966 12:36 | 0 km | 89 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 22:40 | 3 km | 106 km |
| 2.2 | 11.10.2026 08:42 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 1.6 | 10.10.2026 04:07 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 1.9 | 07.10.2026 17:59 | 5.8 km | 92 km |
| 1.9 | 07.10.2026 16:36 | 2.4 km | 81 km |
| 2.2 | 06.10.2026 12:48 | 0 km | 95 km |
| 2.5 | 06.10.2026 01:26 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 1.8 | 05.10.2026 17:30 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 20:09 | 2.6 km | 91 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 03:17 | 4 km | 101 km |
| 1.5 | 04.10.2026 01:43 | 0 km | 93 km |
| 2.2 | 03.10.2026 17:16 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 2.2 | 01.10.2026 17:10 | 5.1 km | 101 km |
| 1.9 | 01.10.2026 02:59 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 2.1 | 30.09.2026 16:43 | 7.1 km | 94 km |
| 1.8 | 30.09.2026 16:05 | 9.3 km | 93 km |
| 1.7 | 25.09.2026 23:47 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 1.6 | 24.09.2026 02:04 | 0 km | 107 km |
| 1.6 | 19.09.2026 19:41 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 1.6 | 19.09.2026 15:53 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2026 14:57 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 2.4 | 19.09.2026 13:14 | 0 km | 100 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2026 12:32 | 26.2 km | 100 km |
| 1.7 | 19.09.2026 06:32 | 4.4 km | 103 km |
| 1.6 | 19.09.2026 04:28 | 13 km | 97 km |
| 1.5 | 19.09.2026 04:09 | 22.9 km | 90 km |
| 2.6 | 19.09.2026 03:36 | 0 km | 101 km |
| 2.1 | 19.09.2026 02:25 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.8 | 17.09.2026 02:11 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 1.8 | 16.09.2026 20:08 | 0 km | 109 km |
| 2.1 | 14.09.2026 22:18 | 6.1 km | 101 km |
| 1.6 | 14.09.2026 04:43 | 0.1 km | 105 km |
| 2.2 | 13.09.2026 21:34 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.8 | 13.09.2026 19:03 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 1.6 | 10.09.2026 23:05 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 1.9 | 09.09.2026 06:33 | 1 km | 106 km |
| 1.9 | 04.09.2026 01:27 | 7.6 km | 100 km |
| 1.9 | 29.08.2026 01:40 | 0 km | 81 km |
| 2.2 | 21.08.2026 09:17 | 3.6 km | 89 km |
| 1.6 | 18.08.2026 22:04 | 2 km | 102 km |
| 1.7 | 16.08.2026 09:39 | 0 km | 97 km |
| 2.0 | 12.08.2026 23:12 | 0 km | 104 km |
| 1.6 | 08.08.2026 12:29 | 0 km | 84 km |
| 3.0 | 06.08.2026 14:55 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 2.0 | 05.08.2026 22:50 | 2.6 km | 104 km |
| 1.7 | 03.08.2026 17:43 | 16.2 km | 98 km |
| 3.7 | 03.08.2026 06:49 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 1.7 | 02.08.2026 00:42 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 1.5 | 28.07.2026 00:20 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 09:17 | 0 km | 98 km |
| 1.7 | 20.07.2026 04:06 | 1 km | 96 km |
| 1.5 | 19.07.2026 03:11 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 1.9 | 13.07.2026 14:01 | 0 km | 83 km |
| 1.6 | 13.07.2026 13:56 | 0 km | 82 km |
| 1.6 | 12.07.2026 16:22 | 3.3 km | 100 km |
| 1.5 | 11.07.2026 14:32 | 0 km | 111 km |
| 1.6 | 11.07.2026 02:16 | 0 km | 103 km |
| 1.6 | 26.06.2026 23:32 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 1.5 | 19.06.2026 03:02 | 1.1 km | 104 km |
| 1.7 | 18.06.2026 17:38 | 0 km | 101 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.