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Earthquakes in Turkey

636,521 earthquakes catalogued in and around Turkey between 1900 and 2026.

Last updated 13 October 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.3
Latest earthquake · depth 5.1 km
13.10.2026 01:04 UTC · from centre 540 km
636,521
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
2.06
mean magnitude
626,331
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

037571751421900: 1 (M4–5)1900: 1 (M5+)19001901: 1 (M4–5)1901: 5 (M5+)1903: 3 (M4–5)1903: 5 (M5+)1904: 2 (M4–5)1904: 6 (M5+)1905: 1 (M4–5)1905: 11 (M5+)1906: 1 (M4–5)1906: 2 (M5+)1907: 2 (M4–5)1907: 8 (M5+)1908: 4 (M4–5)1908: 11 (M5+)1909: 1 (M4–5)1909: 12 (M5+)1910: 2 (M4–5)1910: 4 (M5+)19101911: 3 (M5+)1912: 5 (M4–5)1912: 8 (M5+)1913: 2 (M5+)1914: 16 (M4–5)1914: 5 (M5+)1915: 2 (M4–5)1915: 4 (M5+)1916: 2 (M4–5)1916: 4 (M5+)1917: 5 (M4–5)1917: 8 (M5+)1918: 5 (M4–5)1918: 11 (M5+)1919: 12 (M4–5)1919: 14 (M5+)1920: 4 (M4–5)1920: 10 (M5+)19201921: 1 (M4–5)1921: 7 (M5+)1922: 12 (M5+)1923: 4 (M4–5)1923: 5 (M5+)1924: 4 (M4–5)1924: 13 (M5+)1925: 19 (M4–5)1925: 19 (M5+)1926: 12 (M4–5)1926: 29 (M5+)1927: 1 (M4–5)1927: 4 (M5+)1928: 7 (M4–5)1928: 27 (M5+)1929: 12 (M4–5)1929: 11 (M5+)1930: 9 (M4–5)1930: 24 (M5+)19301931: 2 (M4–5)1931: 11 (M5+)1932: 2 (M4–5)1932: 10 (M5+)1933: 7 (M4–5)1933: 9 (M5+)1934: 2 (M4–5)1934: 4 (M5+)1935: 6 (M4–5)1935: 9 (M5+)1936: 3 (M4–5)1936: 16 (M5+)1937: 1 (M4–5)1937: 6 (M5+)1938: 2 (M4–5)1938: 17 (M5+)1939: 6 (M4–5)1939: 15 (M5+)1940: 5 (M4–5)1940: 24 (M5+)19401941: 8 (M4–5)1941: 16 (M5+)1942: 1 (M4–5)1942: 12 (M5+)1943: 4 (M4–5)1943: 8 (M5+)1944: 3 (M4–5)1944: 16 (M5+)1945: 2 (M4–5)1945: 8 (M5+)1946: 5 (M5+)1947: 2 (M4–5)1947: 4 (M5+)1948: 4 (M4–5)1948: 12 (M5+)1949: 8 (M4–5)1949: 13 (M5+)1950: 2 (M4–5)1950: 8 (M5+)19501951: 10 (M4–5)1951: 7 (M5+)1952: 8 (M4–5)1952: 10 (M5+)1953: 23 (M4–5)1953: 18 (M5+)1954: 14 (M4–5)1954: 13 (M5+)1955: 5 (M4–5)1955: 3 (M5+)1956: 16 (M4–5)1956: 27 (M5+)1957: 17 (M4–5)1957: 21 (M5+)1958: 15 (M4–5)1958: 8 (M5+)1959: 18 (M4–5)1959: 13 (M5+)1960: 29 (M4–5)1960: 5 (M5+)19601961: 9 (M4–5)1961: 11 (M5+)1962: 12 (M4–5)1962: 5 (M5+)1963: 16 (M4–5)1963: 8 (M5+)1964: 47 (M4–5)1964: 9 (M5+)1965: 44 (M4–5)1965: 10 (M5+)1966: 75 (M4–5)1966: 10 (M5+)1967: 8 (M3–4)1967: 86 (M4–5)1967: 12 (M5+)1968: 10 (M3–4)1968: 104 (M4–5)1968: 17 (M5+)1969: 7 (M3–4)1969: 87 (M4–5)1969: 14 (M5+)1970: 56 (M3–4)1970: 255 (M4–5)1970: 21 (M5+)19701971: 317 (M3–4)1971: 139 (M4–5)1971: 14 (M5+)1972: 39 (M3–4)1972: 54 (M4–5)1972: 2 (M5+)1973: 61 (M3–4)1973: 37 (M4–5)1973: 2 (M5+)1974: 135 (M3–4)1974: 52 (M4–5)1974: 1 (M5+)1975: 149 (M3–4)1975: 83 (M4–5)1975: 9 (M5+)1976: 707 (M3–4)1976: 116 (M4–5)1976: 10 (M5+)1977: 430 (M3–4)1977: 72 (M4–5)1977: 9 (M5+)1978: 1 (M<3)1978: 344 (M3–4)1978: 61 (M4–5)1978: 1 (M5+)1979: 1 (M<3)1979: 471 (M3–4)1979: 54 (M4–5)1979: 10 (M5+)1980: 349 (M3–4)1980: 59 (M4–5)1980: 5 (M5+)19801981: 329 (M3–4)1981: 64 (M4–5)1981: 6 (M5+)1982: 449 (M3–4)1982: 82 (M4–5)1982: 2 (M5+)1983: 415 (M3–4)1983: 82 (M4–5)1983: 13 (M5+)1984: 462 (M3–4)1984: 93 (M4–5)1984: 6 (M5+)1985: 387 (M3–4)1985: 65 (M4–5)1985: 2 (M5+)1986: 481 (M3–4)1986: 72 (M4–5)1986: 8 (M5+)1987: 285 (M3–4)1987: 72 (M4–5)1987: 2 (M5+)1988: 2 (M<3)1988: 268 (M3–4)1988: 74 (M4–5)1988: 8 (M5+)1989: 2 (M<3)1989: 691 (M3–4)1989: 65 (M4–5)1989: 8 (M5+)1990: 348 (M<3)1990: 1,055 (M3–4)1990: 101 (M4–5)1990: 6 (M5+)19901991: 620 (M<3)1991: 851 (M3–4)1991: 76 (M4–5)1991: 19 (M5+)1992: 182 (M<3)1992: 1,162 (M3–4)1992: 111 (M4–5)1992: 10 (M5+)1993: 1,728 (M<3)1993: 699 (M3–4)1993: 49 (M4–5)1993: 2 (M5+)1994: 1,847 (M<3)1994: 1,044 (M3–4)1994: 54 (M4–5)1994: 6 (M5+)1995: 473 (M<3)1995: 1,483 (M3–4)1995: 71 (M4–5)1995: 5 (M5+)1996: 271 (M<3)1996: 1,277 (M3–4)1996: 119 (M4–5)1996: 11 (M5+)1997: 111 (M<3)1997: 992 (M3–4)1997: 90 (M4–5)1997: 9 (M5+)1998: 897 (M<3)1998: 908 (M3–4)1998: 76 (M4–5)1998: 8 (M5+)1999: 1,870 (M<3)1999: 2,595 (M3–4)1999: 249 (M4–5)1999: 25 (M5+)2000: 479 (M<3)2000: 1,682 (M3–4)2000: 69 (M4–5)2000: 11 (M5+)20002001: 582 (M<3)2001: 1,097 (M3–4)2001: 65 (M4–5)2001: 10 (M5+)2002: 658 (M<3)2002: 1,631 (M3–4)2002: 59 (M4–5)2002: 9 (M5+)2003: 1,106 (M<3)2003: 2,294 (M3–4)2003: 68 (M4–5)2003: 16 (M5+)2004: 5,821 (M<3)2004: 2,790 (M3–4)2004: 83 (M4–5)2004: 13 (M5+)2005: 7,481 (M<3)2005: 3,697 (M3–4)2005: 82 (M4–5)2005: 20 (M5+)2006: 4,186 (M<3)2006: 2,274 (M3–4)2006: 30 (M4–5)2006: 2 (M5+)2007: 6,432 (M<3)2007: 3,151 (M3–4)2007: 44 (M4–5)2007: 12 (M5+)2008: 9,936 (M<3)2008: 3,816 (M3–4)2008: 41 (M4–5)2008: 3 (M5+)2009: 13,686 (M<3)2009: 3,384 (M3–4)2009: 36 (M4–5)2009: 8 (M5+)2010: 18,119 (M<3)2010: 2,657 (M3–4)2010: 51 (M4–5)2010: 6 (M5+)20102011: 28,599 (M<3)2011: 5,046 (M3–4)2011: 155 (M4–5)2011: 27 (M5+)2012: 26,059 (M<3)2012: 2,901 (M3–4)2012: 114 (M4–5)2012: 17 (M5+)2013: 24,273 (M<3)2013: 1,833 (M3–4)2013: 57 (M4–5)2013: 7 (M5+)2014: 22,446 (M<3)2014: 655 (M3–4)2014: 88 (M4–5)2014: 7 (M5+)2015: 21,236 (M<3)2015: 574 (M3–4)2015: 67 (M4–5)2015: 7 (M5+)2016: 19,896 (M<3)2016: 520 (M3–4)2016: 57 (M4–5)2016: 4 (M5+)2017: 37,407 (M<3)2017: 1,302 (M3–4)2017: 133 (M4–5)2017: 23 (M5+)2018: 21,461 (M<3)2018: 548 (M3–4)2018: 72 (M4–5)2018: 2 (M5+)2019: 21,890 (M<3)2019: 724 (M3–4)2019: 81 (M4–5)2019: 11 (M5+)2020: 30,863 (M<3)2020: 1,459 (M3–4)2020: 188 (M4–5)2020: 24 (M5+)20202021: 22,293 (M<3)2021: 852 (M3–4)2021: 127 (M4–5)2021: 15 (M5+)2022: 19,667 (M<3)2022: 591 (M3–4)2022: 70 (M4–5)2022: 14 (M5+)2023: 69,951 (M<3)2023: 4,481 (M3–4)2023: 651 (M4–5)2023: 59 (M5+)2024: 31,397 (M<3)2024: 890 (M3–4)2024: 103 (M4–5)2024: 6 (M5+)2025: 52,272 (M<3)2025: 2,605 (M3–4)2025: 286 (M4–5)2025: 24 (M5+)2026: 29,277 (M<3)2026: 581 (M3–4)2026: 44 (M4–5)2026: 7 (M5+)2026
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.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
7.809.07.1956 03:1120 km844 km
7.806.02.2023 01:179 km250 km
7.706.02.2023 10:248.3 km198 km
7.726.12.1939 23:5720 km386 km
7.609.08.1912 01:2915 km736 km
7.617.08.1999 00:0116.3 km498 km
7.526.11.1943 22:2020 km253 km
7.412.11.2017 18:1820.1 km1027 km
7.422.07.1967 16:5624.5 km436 km
7.208.11.1905 22:0615 km927 km
7.218.03.1953 19:0610 km671 km
7.226.05.1957 06:3325 km410 km
7.201.02.1944 03:2230 km274 km
7.224.01.1916 06:5515 km219 km
7.220.12.1942 14:0310 km248 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.313.10.2026 01:045.1 km540 km
1.313.10.2026 00:346.1 km158 km
1.613.10.2026 00:208.1 km335 km
1.213.10.2026 00:2011.4 km671 km
1.613.10.2026 00:047 km229 km
0.713.10.2026 00:007 km543 km
0.912.10.2026 23:287 km619 km
1.512.10.2026 23:057 km470 km
1.712.10.2026 22:538.3 km364 km
1.512.10.2026 22:429.9 km865 km
1.212.10.2026 22:327.5 km617 km
1.412.10.2026 22:289.8 km794 km
3.312.10.2026 22:126.9 km115 km
1.212.10.2026 22:107.5 km193 km
1.112.10.2026 22:087 km626 km
0.812.10.2026 22:047 km331 km
1.612.10.2026 21:568 km357 km
2.112.10.2026 21:517.8 km188 km
1.512.10.2026 21:276.9 km581 km
1.012.10.2026 21:156.9 km752 km
1.012.10.2026 21:037 km660 km
0.912.10.2026 20:577 km244 km
1.112.10.2026 20:517 km152 km
0.812.10.2026 20:508.1 km614 km
1.012.10.2026 20:497.1 km224 km
1.412.10.2026 20:399.9 km157 km
1.312.10.2026 20:387 km822 km
0.812.10.2026 19:4911.2 km651 km
0.812.10.2026 19:447 km542 km
1.112.10.2026 19:387 km259 km
1.012.10.2026 19:366.7 km754 km
1.212.10.2026 19:366.8 km825 km
2.012.10.2026 19:249.8 km659 km
1.712.10.2026 19:177.9 km374 km
2.412.10.2026 19:165.5 km147 km
1.112.10.2026 18:586 km825 km
1.012.10.2026 18:567 km133 km
2.712.10.2026 18:5411 km830 km
1.812.10.2026 18:417.5 km158 km
1.612.10.2026 18:3316.6 km855 km
1.112.10.2026 18:187.6 km675 km
0.812.10.2026 18:167 km358 km
1.212.10.2026 18:0910.1 km273 km
1.512.10.2026 18:028.5 km156 km
1.912.10.2026 17:417.5 km333 km
1.312.10.2026 17:377.6 km227 km
1.312.10.2026 16:516.9 km151 km
1.312.10.2026 16:456.9 km427 km
1.512.10.2026 16:337 km222 km
2.012.10.2026 16:173 km762 km
1.212.10.2026 16:156.9 km757 km
1.912.10.2026 16:126.9 km638 km
1.412.10.2026 15:337 km750 km
1.412.10.2026 15:246.9 km365 km
1.312.10.2026 14:517 km617 km
1.112.10.2026 14:277 km527 km
1.312.10.2026 14:250.1 km530 km
1.312.10.2026 13:487 km560 km
1.712.10.2026 13:2610 km715 km
1.612.10.2026 12:527 km570 km

Regions

İzmir120,010Balıkesir100,552Manisa98,310Muğla76,447Malatya73,527Kahramanmaraş61,710Adıyaman54,412Kütahya46,805Denizli40,626Adana37,057Elazığ35,571Aydın34,036Bursa30,089Ankara30,072Çanakkale29,169Van27,841Kayseri27,634Şanlıurfa25,924Gaziantep23,517Sivas23,476Erzurum21,083Antalya19,566Konya18,162Diyarbakır18,076Afyonkarahisar18,048Erzincan17,269Burdur17,187Bitlis16,292Osmaniye15,905Tunceli12,521Bingöl12,289Bolu12,001Hatay10,463Isparta9,985Ağrı9,619Kırıkkale8,558Eskişehir8,019Tekirdağ7,841Çorum7,821Artvin7,795Bilecik7,275Uşak7,012Kocaeli6,930Yozgat6,723Çankırı6,572Sakarya6,380Muş6,362Yalova6,189Düzce6,175Kars5,639Istanbul5,488Mersin5,138Amasya5,123Tokat5,091Gümüşhane4,889Niğde4,041Kilis3,853Kırşehir3,824Siirt3,648Bayburt3,417Kastamonu3,329Rize2,777Giresun2,600Karabük2,559Ardahan2,447Samsun2,424Karaman2,320Şırnak2,255Aksaray2,228Ordu2,055Hakkâri1,912Batman1,856Nevşehir1,820Trabzon1,630Zonguldak1,381Edirne1,221Iğdır1,114Sinop975Kırklareli945Mardin729Bartın604

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.