1.0
18,163
recorded earthquakes
M7.1
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.95
mean magnitude
13,558
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 03.10.1914 22:07 | 15 km | 254 km |
| 6.6 | 19.04.1938 10:59 | 10 km | 194 km |
| 6.5 | 03.02.2002 07:11 | 23 km | 168 km |
| 6.3 | 01.12.1907 00:00 | 5 km | 147 km |
| 6.2 | 27.06.1998 13:55 | 37.9 km | 239 km |
| 6.2 | 05.06.1927 08:24 | 120 km | 273 km |
| 6.2 | 05.06.1927 02:24 | 5 km | 273 km |
| 6.1 | 20.11.1924 20:27 | 15 km | 181 km |
| 6.1 | 25.06.1944 04:16 | 10 km | 250 km |
| 6.0 | 26.09.1921 09:26 | 15 km | 113 km |
| 6.0 | 11.09.1930 12:36 | 35 km | 196 km |
| 6.0 | 15.12.2000 16:44 | 11.3 km | 158 km |
| 5.9 | 28.05.1979 09:27 | 106.7 km | 198 km |
| 5.9 | 29.10.1909 16:03 | 15 km | 152 km |
| 5.8 | 09.12.1947 23:40 | 15 km | 229 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 13.10.2026 01:58 | 8.3 km | 141 km |
| 0.8 | 12.10.2026 22:04 | 7 km | 145 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 20:49 | 7.1 km | 11 km |
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 16:33 | 7 km | 13 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 15:24 | 6.9 km | 134 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 10:45 | 7 km | 133 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 04:24 | 6.9 km | 133 km |
| 2.2 | 11.10.2026 00:13 | 0.6 km | 15 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 00:53 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 07:12 | 6.8 km | 18 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 17:47 | 5.2 km | 167 km |
| 1.6 | 08.10.2026 07:32 | 7 km | 168 km |
| 1.9 | 08.10.2026 07:12 | 6.8 km | 124 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 19:23 | 7.5 km | 59 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 16:27 | 7.2 km | 40 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 16:23 | 6 km | 41 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 03:02 | 7 km | 80 km |
| 1.7 | 05.10.2026 18:01 | 6.4 km | 41 km |
| 1.1 | 05.10.2026 06:14 | 6.8 km | 23 km |
| 1.4 | 05.10.2026 04:58 | 9.8 km | 146 km |
| 1.1 | 03.10.2026 03:17 | 7 km | 129 km |
| 1.5 | 02.10.2026 23:41 | 7 km | 194 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 18:55 | 7 km | 132 km |
| 1.6 | 02.10.2026 13:53 | 6.8 km | 70 km |
| 1.7 | 02.10.2026 08:24 | 7.2 km | 110 km |
| 1.1 | 02.10.2026 06:40 | 0 km | 30 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 09:42 | 7 km | 117 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 09:42 | 10.2 km | 60 km |
| 1.2 | 01.10.2026 07:36 | 7.5 km | 29 km |
| 1.4 | 01.10.2026 00:17 | 8 km | 39 km |
| 1.2 | 30.09.2026 15:19 | 7.2 km | 48 km |
| 1.4 | 29.09.2026 13:57 | 7 km | 67 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2026 02:22 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 1.4 | 28.09.2026 23:29 | 7 km | 81 km |
| 1.0 | 28.09.2026 20:31 | 7 km | 154 km |
| 2.1 | 28.09.2026 03:42 | 7 km | 142 km |
| 1.5 | 28.09.2026 00:17 | 11.6 km | 74 km |
| 1.6 | 28.09.2026 00:10 | 7 km | 73 km |
| 1.8 | 27.09.2026 23:59 | 7 km | 75 km |
| 2.1 | 27.09.2026 14:58 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 1.4 | 27.09.2026 14:01 | 7 km | 140 km |
| 1.0 | 26.09.2026 09:16 | 7 km | 159 km |
| 1.4 | 25.09.2026 17:04 | 7 km | 136 km |
| 1.1 | 25.09.2026 16:17 | 7 km | 92 km |
| 1.4 | 25.09.2026 09:19 | 5 km | 169 km |
| 1.1 | 25.09.2026 08:37 | 7 km | 131 km |
| 1.3 | 24.09.2026 23:04 | 9.7 km | 68 km |
| 1.5 | 24.09.2026 14:30 | 8.8 km | 70 km |
| 1.6 | 24.09.2026 09:33 | 8.5 km | 122 km |
| 1.1 | 24.09.2026 02:00 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.5 | 23.09.2026 22:22 | 7.9 km | 159 km |
| 1.7 | 22.09.2026 22:38 | 7 km | 177 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 22:36 | 7 km | 177 km |
| 1.2 | 22.09.2026 05:32 | 7 km | 157 km |
| 1.3 | 22.09.2026 03:21 | 6 km | 179 km |
| 1.4 | 22.09.2026 00:44 | 7.1 km | 68 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 20:41 | 8.7 km | 81 km |
| 1.7 | 21.09.2026 14:54 | 9.9 km | 153 km |
| 1.1 | 21.09.2026 14:25 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 2.2 | 20.09.2026 04:56 | 7.4 km | 99 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.