4.6
11,305
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1902–2026
record span
4.09
mean magnitude
6,975
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 | 272 km |
| 7.7 | 07.07.1909 21:37 | 200 km | 284 km |
| 7.6 | 10.07.1949 03:53 | 20 km | 202 km |
| 7.6 | 26.10.2015 09:09 | 216.7 km | 249 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1949 10:19 | 228.7 km | 244 km |
| 7.4 | 14.03.1965 15:53 | 215.3 km | 258 km |
| 7.4 | 04.07.1911 13:33 | 100 km | 237 km |
| 7.4 | 30.12.1983 23:52 | 215.6 km | 259 km |
| 7.4 | 29.07.1985 07:54 | 99.8 km | 264 km |
| 7.3 | 03.03.2002 12:08 | 204.8 km | 266 km |
| 7.3 | 23.02.2023 00:37 | 18.4 km | 45 km |
| 7.2 | 06.10.1902 09:15 | 200 km | 262 km |
| 7.2 | 21.10.1907 04:23 | 20 km | 224 km |
| 7.2 | 18.02.1911 18:41 | 15 km | 30 km |
| 7.2 | 07.12.2015 07:50 | 14.2 km | 16 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 12.10.2026 03:04 | 25 km | 152 km |
| 4.2 | 11.10.2026 07:07 | 198.6 km | 216 km |
| 4.1 | 10.10.2026 23:11 | 203.5 km | 204 km |
| 4.4 | 09.10.2026 11:39 | 203.1 km | 263 km |
| 4.3 | 08.10.2026 04:09 | 133 km | 133 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 21:38 | 203.4 km | 193 km |
| 4.3 | 05.10.2026 15:07 | 190.8 km | 253 km |
| 4.8 | 04.10.2026 20:27 | 248.9 km | 220 km |
| 2.9 | 04.10.2026 01:21 | 0 km | 102 km |
| 4.2 | 01.10.2026 16:02 | 105.1 km | 206 km |
| 4.2 | 30.09.2026 07:39 | 171.4 km | 188 km |
| 4.5 | 27.09.2026 15:00 | 148 km | 208 km |
| 2.5 | 26.09.2026 00:54 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 2.8 | 25.09.2026 08:18 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.3 | 25.09.2026 05:35 | 212.6 km | 87 km |
| 4.7 | 23.09.2026 05:46 | 141.2 km | 122 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 11:29 | 192.7 km | 235 km |
| 4.2 | 22.09.2026 00:07 | 194.3 km | 240 km |
| 4.7 | 21.09.2026 10:48 | 129.3 km | 26 km |
| 4.2 | 18.09.2026 12:07 | 179.5 km | 235 km |
| 2.6 | 18.09.2026 10:00 | 0 km | 91 km |
| 2.7 | 18.09.2026 07:48 | 1 km | 154 km |
| 3.3 | 18.09.2026 05:15 | 0 km | 264 km |
| 4.1 | 18.09.2026 01:29 | 106 km | 150 km |
| 3.2 | 17.09.2026 09:44 | 10 km | 278 km |
| 3.1 | 16.09.2026 07:32 | 0 km | 150 km |
| 4.1 | 14.09.2026 19:48 | 217.5 km | 282 km |
| 4.4 | 14.09.2026 18:01 | 10 km | 81 km |
| 4.0 | 14.09.2026 09:58 | 140 km | 122 km |
| 4.6 | 09.09.2026 20:17 | 29.6 km | 208 km |
| 4.4 | 09.09.2026 18:02 | 108.5 km | 216 km |
| 4.3 | 08.09.2026 23:01 | 133.5 km | 189 km |
| 2.7 | 08.09.2026 02:38 | 11 km | 153 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 21:58 | 209.9 km | 279 km |
| 4.3 | 03.09.2026 01:22 | 109.7 km | 202 km |
| 2.9 | 02.09.2026 02:36 | 0 km | 188 km |
| 4.4 | 01.09.2026 18:51 | 212.6 km | 284 km |
| 4.2 | 31.08.2026 19:36 | 103.9 km | 218 km |
| 4.2 | 30.08.2026 04:06 | 119.1 km | 217 km |
| 4.2 | 29.08.2026 19:53 | 208.1 km | 275 km |
| 4.1 | 29.08.2026 10:38 | 210.6 km | 233 km |
| 3.2 | 26.08.2026 15:06 | 30 km | 170 km |
| 4.5 | 26.08.2026 02:24 | 93.7 km | 213 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2026 22:00 | 50 km | 207 km |
| 2.6 | 25.08.2026 18:32 | 10 km | 182 km |
| 3.1 | 24.08.2026 15:52 | 0 km | 218 km |
| 3.6 | 24.08.2026 04:00 | 0 km | 222 km |
| 4.6 | 23.08.2026 10:04 | 45.5 km | 212 km |
| 4.4 | 22.08.2026 22:14 | 175.8 km | 194 km |
| 3.1 | 22.08.2026 18:05 | 66 km | 133 km |
| 3.1 | 21.08.2026 00:22 | 0 km | 149 km |
| 4.1 | 19.08.2026 08:34 | 122 km | 24 km |
| 2.7 | 18.08.2026 21:14 | 10 km | 198 km |
| 5.3 | 18.08.2026 19:51 | 195.9 km | 241 km |
| 2.8 | 18.08.2026 14:54 | 10 km | 222 km |
| 4.1 | 15.08.2026 16:47 | 99.5 km | 122 km |
| 4.9 | 14.08.2026 03:39 | 11.5 km | 233 km |
| 4.2 | 13.08.2026 23:11 | 110.3 km | 190 km |
| 4.3 | 13.08.2026 04:24 | 58 km | 191 km |
| 5.1 | 13.08.2026 00:35 | 58.9 km | 203 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.