1.2
22,313
recorded earthquakes
M6.2
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.49
mean magnitude
20,289
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 16.11.1911 21:25 | 40 km | 180 km |
| 6.0 | 25.01.1946 17:31 | 35 km | 70 km |
| 5.8 | 28.05.1943 00:24 | 15 km | 167 km |
| 5.8 | 30.05.1946 03:41 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 5.6 | 27.06.1935 17:19 | 35 km | 175 km |
| 5.6 | 15.04.1924 12:48 | 15 km | 56 km |
| 5.5 | 20.07.1913 12:06 | 15 km | 171 km |
| 5.5 | 19.05.1954 09:34 | 15 km | 88 km |
| 5.4 | 29.07.1954 04:42 | 15 km | 81 km |
| 5.3 | 07.10.1930 23:27 | 15 km | 187 km |
| 5.3 | 29.04.1905 01:47 | 15 km | 119 km |
| 5.3 | 30.09.1958 08:45 | 15 km | 202 km |
| 5.0 | 24.04.1918 14:21 | 15 km | 146 km |
| 5.0 | 24.11.2004 22:59 | 13.5 km | 221 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.1933 00:50 | 15 km | 209 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 16:49 | 6.9 km | 139 km |
| 0.5 | 12.10.2026 11:06 | 3.6 km | 82 km |
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 10:57 | 6.9 km | 133 km |
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 10:35 | 5.3 km | 80 km |
| 1.3 | 12.10.2026 07:35 | 5 km | 107 km |
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 06:45 | 6.6 km | 51 km |
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 02:41 | 5.9 km | 80 km |
| 0.9 | 11.10.2026 21:43 | 6.3 km | 136 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 21:38 | 6.3 km | 136 km |
| 0.2 | 11.10.2026 17:11 | 6.4 km | 84 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 14:24 | 6.7 km | 84 km |
| 0.7 | 11.10.2026 08:25 | 6.8 km | 84 km |
| 0.7 | 11.10.2026 07:51 | 6.8 km | 84 km |
| 1.1 | 11.10.2026 06:50 | 6.4 km | 136 km |
| 0.3 | 11.10.2026 02:56 | 6.2 km | 136 km |
| 0.5 | 10.10.2026 21:58 | 0.4 km | 144 km |
| 0.8 | 10.10.2026 21:15 | 6 km | 80 km |
| 2.1 | 10.10.2026 20:39 | 0.8 km | 104 km |
| 1.6 | 10.10.2026 11:47 | 9 km | 74 km |
| 1.5 | 10.10.2026 06:24 | -0.6 km | 145 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 02:58 | 0.2 km | 145 km |
| 0.2 | 09.10.2026 21:26 | 1.6 km | 38 km |
| 0.9 | 09.10.2026 19:44 | 19 km | 110 km |
| 1.4 | 09.10.2026 19:43 | 7.4 km | 139 km |
| 1.0 | 09.10.2026 10:44 | -1.7 km | 125 km |
| 1.0 | 09.10.2026 10:01 | -1.6 km | 132 km |
| 2.0 | 09.10.2026 03:03 | 6.8 km | 139 km |
| 0.8 | 09.10.2026 01:58 | 4 km | 73 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 22:21 | 2.6 km | 82 km |
| 1.9 | 08.10.2026 11:13 | 24 km | 143 km |
| 1.9 | 08.10.2026 09:44 | 0.9 km | 84 km |
| 1.2 | 08.10.2026 08:45 | 6.6 km | 139 km |
| 0.4 | 08.10.2026 06:01 | 2.6 km | 138 km |
| 0.8 | 08.10.2026 03:44 | 6.7 km | 139 km |
| 2.1 | 07.10.2026 19:10 | 5.1 km | 129 km |
| 1.1 | 07.10.2026 18:58 | 4.6 km | 95 km |
| 0.4 | 07.10.2026 18:50 | 3.7 km | 95 km |
| 1.6 | 07.10.2026 13:16 | 2.2 km | 107 km |
| 0.5 | 07.10.2026 12:21 | -3.7 km | 134 km |
| 1.2 | 07.10.2026 10:49 | 0 km | 99 km |
| 2.3 | 07.10.2026 06:27 | 6.6 km | 48 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 04:03 | 1.9 km | 164 km |
| 0.7 | 07.10.2026 01:01 | 4.6 km | 117 km |
| 0.5 | 06.10.2026 20:31 | 8 km | 111 km |
| 0.4 | 06.10.2026 18:25 | 3.4 km | 67 km |
| 1.0 | 06.10.2026 18:19 | 2.5 km | 115 km |
| 1.1 | 05.10.2026 18:05 | 5.8 km | 136 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 17:45 | 1.9 km | 91 km |
| 1.4 | 05.10.2026 14:27 | 0.2 km | 39 km |
| 2.6 | 05.10.2026 12:34 | 5 km | 185 km |
| 0.8 | 05.10.2026 12:23 | 10.6 km | 84 km |
| 1.0 | 05.10.2026 11:12 | 10.9 km | 87 km |
| 1.7 | 05.10.2026 07:27 | -1.2 km | 86 km |
| 1.5 | 05.10.2026 06:42 | 19 km | 120 km |
| 0.7 | 05.10.2026 06:23 | 4.1 km | 117 km |
| 0.1 | 05.10.2026 05:56 | 9.5 km | 49 km |
| 1.9 | 04.10.2026 20:35 | 62.4 km | 62 km |
| 0.7 | 04.10.2026 18:55 | 0.5 km | 118 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 18:13 | 12.8 km | 84 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 08:45 | 2.4 km | 142 km |
Regions
Valais10,912Bern8,705Vaud5,014Grisons4,510Fribourg2,726St. Gallen2,402Jura2,149Solothurn2,059Aargau1,908Uri1,907Basel-Landschaft1,488Zürich1,466Schwyz1,398Glarus1,266Ticino1,256Neuchâtel1,185Lucerne881Thurgau869Basel-Stadt810Schaffhausen787Obwalden725Nidwalden698Appenzell Ausserrhoden560Appenzell Innerrhoden537Zug306
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.