1.7
25,924
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.87
mean magnitude
9,779
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 | 06.02.2023 01:17 | 9 km | 176 km |
| 7.7 | 06.02.2023 10:24 | 8.3 km | 181 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 96 km |
| 6.8 | 06.02.2023 01:28 | 13.8 km | 189 km |
| 6.7 | 24.01.2020 17:55 | 12.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.6 | 06.09.1975 09:20 | 22.4 km | 193 km |
| 6.0 | 08.03.2010 02:32 | 12 km | 181 km |
| 6.0 | 05.05.1986 03:35 | 4.9 km | 137 km |
| 6.0 | 16.10.2024 07:46 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 6.0 | 06.02.2023 10:26 | 5.4 km | 127 km |
| 5.8 | 06.02.2023 10:35 | 4.2 km | 137 km |
| 5.8 | 20.12.1940 05:18 | 10 km | 125 km |
| 5.8 | 06.06.1986 10:39 | 8.2 km | 130 km |
| 5.7 | 21.02.2007 11:05 | 8.2 km | 117 km |
| 5.7 | 19.05.1915 04:48 | 15 km | 129 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 09:50 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 08:14 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 0.8 | 12.10.2026 05:10 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 22:32 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 0.8 | 11.10.2026 20:39 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 1.3 | 11.10.2026 19:53 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 3.1 | 11.10.2026 17:13 | 7 km | 101 km |
| 1.3 | 11.10.2026 09:20 | 7 km | 100 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 00:53 | 13.3 km | 115 km |
| 1.5 | 10.10.2026 08:38 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 03:01 | 11.9 km | 99 km |
| 0.9 | 10.10.2026 02:41 | 7 km | 126 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 02:01 | 10.9 km | 99 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2026 21:36 | 7 km | 136 km |
| 1.4 | 09.10.2026 08:11 | 5 km | 82 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2026 04:12 | 7 km | 102 km |
| 0.9 | 09.10.2026 04:00 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 2.3 | 09.10.2026 03:01 | 8.1 km | 100 km |
| 1.8 | 08.10.2026 15:12 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 08:44 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 01:35 | 7.1 km | 98 km |
| 1.0 | 08.10.2026 00:03 | 7.1 km | 101 km |
| 0.8 | 07.10.2026 22:10 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 18:48 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 12:02 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 3.3 | 07.10.2026 10:29 | 10.3 km | 99 km |
| 1.6 | 07.10.2026 07:24 | 10.3 km | 99 km |
| 1.2 | 07.10.2026 04:16 | 7 km | 135 km |
| 2.6 | 07.10.2026 03:02 | 7 km | 103 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 22:51 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 19:43 | 10.4 km | 139 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 15:34 | 7.2 km | 115 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 07:10 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.0 | 06.10.2026 04:30 | 7 km | 112 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 12:29 | 6.9 km | 116 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 10:33 | 7 km | 131 km |
| 1.2 | 04.10.2026 18:08 | 11.3 km | 102 km |
| 1.1 | 04.10.2026 01:47 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 1.2 | 04.10.2026 01:33 | 7 km | 104 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 01:26 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.1 | 04.10.2026 00:34 | 7 km | 98 km |
| 1.0 | 03.10.2026 23:36 | 7 km | 116 km |
| 1.0 | 03.10.2026 22:25 | 6.5 km | 90 km |
| 2.5 | 03.10.2026 20:27 | 8.2 km | 100 km |
| 1.1 | 03.10.2026 11:58 | 17.6 km | 123 km |
| 2.0 | 03.10.2026 11:16 | 6.9 km | 98 km |
| 1.1 | 02.10.2026 15:44 | 13.3 km | 101 km |
| 2.0 | 02.10.2026 15:27 | 11.2 km | 99 km |
| 1.1 | 02.10.2026 11:08 | 7 km | 104 km |
| 1.9 | 02.10.2026 09:19 | 4.5 km | 135 km |
| 1.7 | 02.10.2026 02:44 | 7 km | 100 km |
| 1.0 | 01.10.2026 21:29 | 7 km | 105 km |
| 1.9 | 01.10.2026 14:32 | 7 km | 99 km |
| 1.1 | 01.10.2026 09:44 | 7 km | 97 km |
| 1.5 | 01.10.2026 07:20 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 1.0 | 01.10.2026 03:09 | 10.8 km | 23 km |
| 0.9 | 01.10.2026 01:44 | 7 km | 100 km |
| 0.8 | 30.09.2026 22:55 | 6.4 km | 132 km |
| 1.3 | 30.09.2026 21:36 | 7 km | 138 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 21:28 | 7.5 km | 100 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.