2.4
18,080
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1903–2026
record span
2.04
mean magnitude
12,933
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.7 | 26.12.1939 23:57 | 20 km | 200 km |
| 6.9 | 22.05.1971 16:44 | 5.8 km | 99 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 143 km |
| 6.8 | 17.08.1949 18:44 | 15 km | 163 km |
| 6.8 | 19.08.1966 12:22 | 19.1 km | 177 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:04 | 30 km | 153 km |
| 6.8 | 28.03.1954 04:47 | — | 133 km |
| 6.7 | 24.01.2020 17:55 | 12.3 km | 102 km |
| 6.6 | 06.09.1975 09:20 | 22.4 km | 61 km |
| 6.3 | 01.05.2003 00:27 | 10.7 km | 102 km |
| 6.3 | 20.08.1966 11:59 | 6.6 km | 165 km |
| 6.2 | 26.07.1967 18:53 | 22.1 km | 165 km |
| 6.0 | 08.03.2010 02:32 | 12 km | 83 km |
| 6.0 | 27.01.2003 05:26 | 12.6 km | 161 km |
| 6.0 | 12.11.1934 07:19 | 35 km | 123 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.4 | 13.10.2026 16:37 | 7 km | 129 km |
| 1.6 | 13.10.2026 10:21 | 13.2 km | 48 km |
| 1.1 | 13.10.2026 03:58 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 0.9 | 13.10.2026 02:02 | 7 km | 110 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 19:17 | 7.9 km | 86 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 09:50 | 7 km | 67 km |
| 2.0 | 12.10.2026 00:49 | 8.1 km | 106 km |
| 1.3 | 11.10.2026 20:13 | 14.5 km | 122 km |
| 1.0 | 11.10.2026 00:57 | 9.9 km | 110 km |
| 1.5 | 10.10.2026 08:38 | 7 km | 106 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 02:00 | 8.5 km | 129 km |
| 1.9 | 09.10.2026 18:13 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 13:59 | 7 km | 140 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 02:47 | 5.4 km | 137 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 16:09 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 1.8 | 08.10.2026 07:26 | 7 km | 61 km |
| 2.3 | 08.10.2026 05:09 | 8 km | 107 km |
| 1.6 | 07.10.2026 20:17 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 1.1 | 07.10.2026 16:22 | 7 km | 84 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 09:23 | 7 km | 77 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 06:44 | 7 km | 95 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2026 06:19 | 6.9 km | 106 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 04:27 | 11.7 km | 118 km |
| 0.8 | 06.10.2026 00:42 | 7 km | 51 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 23:16 | 7.8 km | 96 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 20:22 | 9 km | 80 km |
| 1.9 | 04.10.2026 07:04 | 6.8 km | 90 km |
| 1.3 | 03.10.2026 21:25 | 7 km | 18 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 18:32 | 7.8 km | 84 km |
| 1.4 | 03.10.2026 14:23 | 9.1 km | 78 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2026 00:22 | 9.3 km | 99 km |
| 0.8 | 02.10.2026 23:34 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 0.8 | 02.10.2026 16:59 | 6.5 km | 80 km |
| 1.9 | 02.10.2026 13:08 | 9.7 km | 106 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 08:01 | 6.2 km | 125 km |
| 1.9 | 01.10.2026 06:33 | 6.4 km | 90 km |
| 1.1 | 01.10.2026 05:21 | 7 km | 105 km |
| 1.9 | 01.10.2026 04:45 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 02:09 | 7 km | 95 km |
| 1.2 | 30.09.2026 21:17 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 19:19 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 1.5 | 30.09.2026 16:43 | 9.8 km | 20 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 14:16 | 7.2 km | 96 km |
| 0.7 | 30.09.2026 14:08 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 10:52 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 09:35 | 7 km | 117 km |
| 0.6 | 30.09.2026 08:41 | 7 km | 113 km |
| 1.2 | 30.09.2026 08:25 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 1.1 | 29.09.2026 23:28 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 2.2 | 29.09.2026 13:17 | 7.2 km | 67 km |
| 0.8 | 29.09.2026 11:38 | 5 km | 106 km |
| 1.6 | 29.09.2026 00:18 | 12.7 km | 105 km |
| 1.0 | 28.09.2026 21:48 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 1.0 | 27.09.2026 01:08 | 5 km | 101 km |
| 1.3 | 25.09.2026 09:33 | 7 km | 115 km |
| 2.3 | 25.09.2026 09:25 | 14 km | 116 km |
| 0.9 | 25.09.2026 03:14 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 1.5 | 24.09.2026 07:58 | 7.4 km | 127 km |
| 5.3 | 24.09.2026 07:40 | 10 km | 140 km |
| 2.1 | 22.09.2026 09:48 | 8.6 km | 84 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.