0.9
120,010
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
1.96
mean magnitude
95,966
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 | 09.07.1956 03:11 | 20 km | 257 km |
| 7.6 | 09.08.1912 01:29 | 15 km | 221 km |
| 7.2 | 18.03.1953 19:06 | 10 km | 168 km |
| 7.2 | 19.02.1968 22:45 | 6.9 km | 228 km |
| 7.1 | 03.10.1914 22:07 | 15 km | 256 km |
| 7.0 | 30.10.2020 11:51 | 16.1 km | 102 km |
| 6.9 | 28.03.1970 21:02 | 17.7 km | 195 km |
| 6.8 | 19.12.1981 14:10 | 16.6 km | 192 km |
| 6.8 | 06.10.1944 02:34 | 15 km | 115 km |
| 6.8 | 06.10.1964 14:31 | 13.9 km | 190 km |
| 6.7 | 28.03.1969 01:48 | 1.9 km | 100 km |
| 6.6 | 16.07.1955 07:07 | 15 km | 118 km |
| 6.5 | 31.03.1928 00:29 | 10 km | 53 km |
| 6.5 | 23.07.1949 15:03 | 15 km | 83 km |
| 6.5 | 18.11.1919 21:54 | 10 km | 119 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 23:28 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 22:32 | 7.5 km | 86 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 22:28 | 9.8 km | 148 km |
| 1.1 | 12.10.2026 22:08 | 7 km | 113 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 21:15 | 6.9 km | 85 km |
| 0.8 | 12.10.2026 20:50 | 8.1 km | 92 km |
| 0.8 | 12.10.2026 19:49 | 11.2 km | 44 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 19:36 | 6.7 km | 78 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 16:15 | 6.9 km | 80 km |
| 1.3 | 12.10.2026 14:51 | 7 km | 115 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 11:46 | 13.8 km | 78 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 10:07 | 7 km | 62 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 10:00 | 7 km | 65 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 07:05 | 12.7 km | 89 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 03:57 | 7.3 km | 53 km |
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 03:06 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 00:42 | 17.6 km | 87 km |
| 0.7 | 11.10.2026 22:51 | 9.8 km | 93 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 20:37 | 7 km | 95 km |
| 0.8 | 11.10.2026 18:46 | 7.3 km | 88 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 16:42 | 13.7 km | 90 km |
| 1.4 | 11.10.2026 16:00 | 7.3 km | 89 km |
| 1.3 | 11.10.2026 13:49 | 6.9 km | 42 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 05:16 | 7.9 km | 87 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 04:42 | 6.9 km | 92 km |
| 0.8 | 11.10.2026 04:39 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 2.3 | 11.10.2026 03:47 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 1.4 | 11.10.2026 02:38 | 10.7 km | 92 km |
| 1.0 | 11.10.2026 01:25 | 10.2 km | 86 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 21:44 | 7.4 km | 100 km |
| 2.4 | 10.10.2026 21:40 | 6 km | 91 km |
| 1.1 | 10.10.2026 21:01 | 7 km | 90 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 20:03 | 6.4 km | 91 km |
| 1.9 | 10.10.2026 19:59 | 4.9 km | 91 km |
| 2.7 | 10.10.2026 19:09 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.8 | 10.10.2026 18:33 | 6.8 km | 89 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 18:03 | 7 km | 89 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 18:02 | 12.2 km | 93 km |
| 2.8 | 10.10.2026 17:58 | 6.9 km | 85 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 16:20 | 2.4 km | 94 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 13:54 | 7 km | 27 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 11:39 | 12 km | 32 km |
| 2.1 | 10.10.2026 10:10 | 15 km | 89 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 08:17 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 1.9 | 10.10.2026 06:51 | 9.3 km | 87 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 03:29 | 11.7 km | 88 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 03:00 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.5 | 10.10.2026 02:01 | 7 km | 39 km |
| 1.9 | 10.10.2026 02:00 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 01:46 | 14.5 km | 86 km |
| 1.8 | 10.10.2026 01:42 | 5.8 km | 90 km |
| 2.6 | 10.10.2026 01:30 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.0 | 09.10.2026 23:43 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 0.7 | 09.10.2026 23:23 | 5.9 km | 97 km |
| 1.4 | 09.10.2026 23:08 | 7 km | 87 km |
| 1.3 | 09.10.2026 22:52 | 15.1 km | 67 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2026 22:20 | 8 km | 93 km |
| 1.9 | 09.10.2026 19:31 | 12.3 km | 24 km |
| 2.5 | 09.10.2026 18:49 | 6.2 km | 89 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 16:18 | 7 km | 88 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.