1.3
12,521
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1905–2026
record span
2.29
mean magnitude
7,404
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 | 67 km |
| 7.2 | 24.01.1916 06:55 | 15 km | 223 km |
| 6.9 | 22.05.1971 16:44 | 5.8 km | 87 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:05 | 10 km | 142 km |
| 6.8 | 17.08.1949 18:44 | 15 km | 96 km |
| 6.8 | 19.08.1966 12:22 | 19.1 km | 167 km |
| 6.8 | 04.12.1905 07:04 | 30 km | 58 km |
| 6.8 | 28.03.1954 04:47 | — | 118 km |
| 6.7 | 24.01.2020 17:55 | 12.3 km | 106 km |
| 6.6 | 13.03.1992 17:18 | 20.5 km | 61 km |
| 6.6 | 06.09.1975 09:20 | 22.4 km | 121 km |
| 6.5 | 18.05.1929 06:37 | 35 km | 168 km |
| 6.3 | 01.05.2003 00:27 | 10.7 km | 70 km |
| 6.3 | 09.02.1909 11:23 | 15 km | 149 km |
| 6.3 | 20.08.1966 11:59 | 6.6 km | 121 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 12.10.2026 16:45 | 6.9 km | 46 km |
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 09:06 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 04:23 | 7 km | 38 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 03:55 | 7 km | 41 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 18:08 | 7.3 km | 63 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 13:59 | 7 km | 66 km |
| 1.9 | 09.10.2026 05:15 | 7.8 km | 43 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 02:47 | 5.4 km | 69 km |
| 0.9 | 09.10.2026 00:39 | 7 km | 44 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 00:24 | 7 km | 43 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 23:47 | 7 km | 91 km |
| 1.6 | 08.10.2026 20:07 | 8.8 km | 44 km |
| 1.9 | 08.10.2026 18:00 | 7.8 km | 43 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 16:09 | 7 km | 61 km |
| 1.5 | 08.10.2026 10:18 | 7 km | 39 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 09:38 | 16.8 km | 89 km |
| 1.4 | 07.10.2026 00:29 | 7.9 km | 6 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2026 23:46 | 2.4 km | 73 km |
| 1.2 | 03.10.2026 22:32 | 7 km | 52 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2026 11:53 | 7 km | 96 km |
| 1.6 | 02.10.2026 11:09 | 15.3 km | 80 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 08:01 | 6.2 km | 49 km |
| 1.1 | 01.10.2026 22:22 | 5.6 km | 65 km |
| 3.1 | 01.10.2026 21:36 | 7 km | 89 km |
| 1.4 | 30.09.2026 23:44 | 3 km | 40 km |
| 0.9 | 30.09.2026 10:52 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 1.0 | 29.09.2026 13:26 | 7 km | 88 km |
| 1.1 | 29.09.2026 00:13 | 8.8 km | 89 km |
| 1.0 | 28.09.2026 21:48 | 7 km | 61 km |
| 1.7 | 28.09.2026 17:42 | 7 km | 79 km |
| 1.1 | 27.09.2026 01:36 | 9.3 km | 54 km |
| 0.7 | 26.09.2026 00:39 | 4.9 km | 47 km |
| 2.5 | 25.09.2026 17:51 | 7 km | 88 km |
| 1.5 | 25.09.2026 10:36 | 6.4 km | 69 km |
| 1.6 | 24.09.2026 15:52 | 7 km | 53 km |
| 0.7 | 23.09.2026 23:59 | 5 km | 49 km |
| 1.1 | 23.09.2026 20:16 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 18:33 | 7 km | 54 km |
| 2.1 | 23.09.2026 16:12 | 7 km | 58 km |
| 1.7 | 23.09.2026 09:45 | 7 km | 51 km |
| 2.3 | 23.09.2026 00:46 | 7 km | 91 km |
| 1.8 | 22.09.2026 11:44 | 7 km | 86 km |
| 2.2 | 22.09.2026 06:53 | 7 km | 89 km |
| 1.1 | 21.09.2026 19:34 | 13.9 km | 46 km |
| 1.3 | 17.09.2026 07:24 | 13.2 km | 63 km |
| 1.1 | 17.09.2026 00:00 | 7.2 km | 94 km |
| 1.2 | 16.09.2026 23:43 | 17.1 km | 97 km |
| 2.7 | 16.09.2026 18:36 | 7 km | 87 km |
| 1.3 | 15.09.2026 14:41 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 09:46 | 7 km | 45 km |
| 2.2 | 15.09.2026 09:43 | 4.4 km | 47 km |
| 2.9 | 15.09.2026 09:42 | 7.2 km | 46 km |
| 2.2 | 14.09.2026 23:16 | 7 km | 54 km |
| 1.4 | 14.09.2026 09:05 | 6.8 km | 44 km |
| 1.3 | 14.09.2026 02:28 | 7 km | 49 km |
| 1.4 | 12.09.2026 20:48 | 7 km | 50 km |
| 1.3 | 10.09.2026 03:04 | 7 km | 59 km |
| 2.3 | 09.09.2026 20:20 | 7 km | 91 km |
| 1.0 | 08.09.2026 11:50 | 7 km | 77 km |
| 1.2 | 08.09.2026 11:09 | 7.5 km | 70 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.