4.3
15,262
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
3.92
mean magnitude
11,143
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 15.11.1921 20:36 | 240 km | 296 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 292 km |
| 7.6 | 10.07.1949 03:53 | 20 km | 46 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 274 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 260 km |
| 7.4 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 283 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 278 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 287 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 279 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 302 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 282 km |
| 7.3 | 02.11.1946 18:28 | 25 km | 327 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 194 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 270 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 67 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 13.10.2026 12:12 | 188.8 km | 260 km |
| 4.7 | 13.10.2026 09:41 | 10 km | 207 km |
| 4.5 | 12.10.2026 03:04 | 26.9 km | 89 km |
| 4.2 | 11.10.2026 07:07 | 198.6 km | 244 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 23:11 | 203.5 km | 237 km |
| 2.6 | 09.10.2026 16:45 | 7 km | 213 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 11:39 | 203.1 km | 267 km |
| 2.4 | 09.10.2026 08:05 | 0 km | 142 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 07:30 | 0 km | 216 km |
| 2.8 | 08.10.2026 13:57 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 2.3 | 08.10.2026 12:03 | 10 km | 258 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2026 04:09 | 133 km | 217 km |
| 2.2 | 07.10.2026 06:00 | 1 km | 220 km |
| 2.9 | 07.10.2026 05:01 | 0 km | 299 km |
| 2.8 | 07.10.2026 04:56 | 4 km | 310 km |
| 2.4 | 05.10.2026 23:42 | 15 km | 265 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 21:38 | 203.4 km | 238 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 15:07 | 190.8 km | 272 km |
| 4.8 | 04.10.2026 20:27 | 248.9 km | 251 km |
| 3.3 | 04.10.2026 02:55 | 10 km | 138 km |
| 2.3 | 04.10.2026 01:33 | 16 km | 292 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 01:21 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 16:02 | 105.1 km | 268 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2026 07:39 | 171.4 km | 237 km |
| 4.1 | 28.09.2026 04:03 | 33 km | 249 km |
| 4.5 | 27.09.2026 15:00 | 148 km | 360 km |
| 2.6 | 27.09.2026 13:23 | 5 km | 268 km |
| 2.7 | 27.09.2026 11:55 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2026 00:19 | 10 km | 256 km |
| 2.3 | 26.09.2026 13:03 | 10 km | 295 km |
| 2.7 | 26.09.2026 11:38 | 0 km | 201 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 00:54 | 10 km | 288 km |
| 2.6 | 25.09.2026 10:31 | 10 km | 319 km |
| 2.8 | 25.09.2026 08:18 | 10 km | 287 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 212.6 km | 181 km |
| 4.7 | 23.09.2026 05:46 | 141.2 km | 182 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 11:29 | 192.7 km | 262 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 00:07 | 194.3 km | 261 km |
| 4.7 | 21.09.2026 10:48 | 129.3 km | 151 km |
| 4.2 | 18.09.2026 12:07 | 179.5 km | 259 km |
| 2.6 | 18.09.2026 10:00 | 0 km | 77 km |
| 2.7 | 18.09.2026 07:48 | 1 km | 79 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2026 05:15 | 0 km | 345 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 01:29 | 106 km | 199 km |
| 2.9 | 17.09.2026 10:34 | 6 km | 411 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 358 km |
| 3.3 | 17.09.2026 00:39 | 0 km | 416 km |
| 3.0 | 16.09.2026 10:55 | 0 km | 218 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2026 07:32 | 0 km | 153 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2026 19:48 | 217.5 km | 281 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2026 18:01 | 10 km | 76 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 140 km | 257 km |
| 2.2 | 10.09.2026 06:33 | 2 km | 160 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2026 20:17 | 29.6 km | 52 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 18:02 | 108.5 km | 270 km |
| 2.2 | 09.09.2026 11:23 | 10 km | 261 km |
| 2.3 | 09.09.2026 10:50 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 3.0 | 09.09.2026 05:54 | 0 km | 390 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 23:01 | 133.5 km | 250 km |
| 2.7 | 08.09.2026 02:38 | 11 km | 111 km |
Regions
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.