1.3
23,480
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1904–2026
record span
1.97
mean magnitude
18,315
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 | 198 km |
| 7.7 | 06.02.2023 10:24 | 8.3 km | 172 km |
| 7.2 | 24.01.1916 06:55 | 15 km | 58 km |
| 7.2 | 20.12.1942 14:03 | 10 km | 154 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:04 | 30 km | 159 km |
| 6.7 | 24.01.2020 17:55 | 12.3 km | 212 km |
| 6.6 | 13.03.1992 17:18 | 20.5 km | 199 km |
| 6.5 | 18.05.1929 06:37 | 35 km | 78 km |
| 6.3 | 09.02.1909 11:23 | 15 km | 64 km |
| 6.2 | 30.07.1940 00:12 | 35 km | 155 km |
| 6.0 | 12.11.1941 10:04 | 15 km | 192 km |
| 6.0 | 27.01.2003 05:26 | 12.6 km | 214 km |
| 6.0 | 05.05.1986 03:35 | 4.9 km | 175 km |
| 6.0 | 08.11.1941 00:00 | 5 km | 191 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 13.10.2026 23:58 | 6.8 km | 107 km |
| 1.8 | 13.10.2026 21:09 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 2.0 | 13.10.2026 13:02 | 5.7 km | 137 km |
| 0.9 | 13.10.2026 02:04 | 16.2 km | 133 km |
| 3.3 | 12.10.2026 22:12 | 6.9 km | 110 km |
| 2.1 | 12.10.2026 21:51 | 7.8 km | 83 km |
| 0.9 | 12.10.2026 20:57 | 7 km | 125 km |
| 1.3 | 12.10.2026 17:37 | 7.6 km | 129 km |
| 1.1 | 12.10.2026 01:21 | 1.1 km | 138 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 01:15 | 12.8 km | 143 km |
| 1.4 | 11.10.2026 21:20 | 7 km | 125 km |
| 1.4 | 11.10.2026 03:29 | 5.9 km | 110 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 00:14 | 13.4 km | 143 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 23:57 | 7 km | 137 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 23:09 | 9.7 km | 127 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 18:42 | 7.8 km | 119 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 15:24 | 6.2 km | 148 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 07:04 | 6.4 km | 136 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 23:47 | 7 km | 132 km |
| 1.0 | 08.10.2026 23:00 | 7 km | 109 km |
| 1.9 | 08.10.2026 09:04 | 7 km | 84 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 09:38 | 16.8 km | 118 km |
| 2.1 | 07.10.2026 09:32 | 17.8 km | 88 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 09:01 | 6 km | 90 km |
| 1.4 | 07.10.2026 03:37 | 7 km | 137 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 21:42 | 7 km | 127 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 15:59 | 9.9 km | 51 km |
| 2.0 | 06.10.2026 09:31 | 5.3 km | 147 km |
| 1.8 | 05.10.2026 09:00 | 9.7 km | 110 km |
| 2.2 | 04.10.2026 19:03 | 9.5 km | 157 km |
| 2.0 | 03.10.2026 21:39 | 7 km | 64 km |
| 1.7 | 03.10.2026 18:45 | 6.6 km | 82 km |
| 2.2 | 03.10.2026 12:18 | 7 km | 108 km |
| 1.3 | 02.10.2026 19:23 | 7 km | 9 km |
| 1.6 | 02.10.2026 11:09 | 15.3 km | 143 km |
| 2.3 | 02.10.2026 08:12 | 6.8 km | 80 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 00:43 | 6.9 km | 97 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 08:43 | 7 km | 69 km |
| 1.7 | 01.10.2026 05:37 | 7 km | 118 km |
| 0.8 | 30.09.2026 09:11 | 7 km | 174 km |
| 1.5 | 29.09.2026 18:30 | 9.1 km | 138 km |
| 1.0 | 29.09.2026 13:26 | 7 km | 167 km |
| 1.0 | 29.09.2026 10:22 | 7 km | 173 km |
| 1.4 | 29.09.2026 09:08 | 7 km | 83 km |
| 1.5 | 29.09.2026 09:06 | 7 km | 83 km |
| 1.7 | 28.09.2026 17:42 | 7 km | 141 km |
| 1.4 | 27.09.2026 16:56 | 11.4 km | 107 km |
| 2.2 | 27.09.2026 16:42 | 12.7 km | 106 km |
| 2.3 | 27.09.2026 06:43 | 12.5 km | 125 km |
| 2.9 | 27.09.2026 00:00 | 7 km | 79 km |
| 1.0 | 26.09.2026 20:36 | 7 km | 121 km |
| 1.3 | 26.09.2026 19:19 | 7 km | 129 km |
| 1.2 | 26.09.2026 02:41 | 7 km | 111 km |
| 1.5 | 25.09.2026 17:19 | 7 km | 77 km |
| 1.6 | 25.09.2026 08:46 | 6.5 km | 86 km |
| 1.9 | 25.09.2026 01:24 | 6 km | 128 km |
| 1.4 | 24.09.2026 14:16 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 1.1 | 23.09.2026 20:16 | 7 km | 128 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 18:28 | 7 km | 134 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 16:04 | 7 km | 79 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.