1.1
6,724
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1908–2026
record span
1.89
mean magnitude
4,783
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 | 06.02.2023 10:24 | 8.3 km | 251 km |
| 7.5 | 26.11.1943 22:20 | 20 km | 188 km |
| 7.2 | 01.02.1944 03:22 | 30 km | 219 km |
| 7.2 | 20.12.1942 14:03 | 10 km | 195 km |
| 7.2 | 24.01.1916 06:55 | 15 km | 195 km |
| 6.6 | 19.04.1938 10:59 | 10 km | 109 km |
| 6.5 | 25.06.1910 19:20 | 15 km | 138 km |
| 6.2 | 30.07.1940 00:12 | 35 km | 34 km |
| 6.2 | 25.06.1910 19:26 | 5 km | 181 km |
| 6.0 | 26.09.1921 09:26 | 15 km | 194 km |
| 6.0 | 11.12.1942 02:39 | 15 km | 147 km |
| 5.8 | 21.11.1942 14:01 | 15 km | 128 km |
| 5.8 | 28.05.1914 11:27 | 15 km | 74 km |
| 5.7 | 14.08.1996 01:55 | 16.5 km | 122 km |
| 5.6 | 14.08.1996 02:59 | 15.6 km | 124 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | 13.10.2026 14:35 | 10.9 km | 110 km |
| 1.1 | 12.10.2026 01:21 | 1.1 km | 94 km |
| 1.0 | 12.10.2026 01:15 | 12.8 km | 93 km |
| 3.6 | 11.10.2026 00:14 | 13.4 km | 90 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 13:35 | 17.2 km | 58 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 07:53 | 7 km | 40 km |
| 1.8 | 08.10.2026 07:57 | 8.3 km | 63 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 01:51 | 7 km | 106 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 07:20 | 9.5 km | 92 km |
| 2.2 | 04.10.2026 19:03 | 9.5 km | 91 km |
| 1.5 | 02.10.2026 23:41 | 7 km | 82 km |
| 1.6 | 29.09.2026 09:22 | 7.7 km | 83 km |
| 1.0 | 28.09.2026 13:04 | 7 km | 84 km |
| 1.4 | 28.09.2026 09:35 | 8.1 km | 83 km |
| 1.0 | 27.09.2026 23:35 | 13.2 km | 81 km |
| 2.0 | 27.09.2026 23:18 | 19.4 km | 82 km |
| 2.3 | 27.09.2026 06:43 | 12.5 km | 94 km |
| 1.1 | 24.09.2026 09:14 | 7.1 km | 32 km |
| 0.8 | 23.09.2026 01:41 | 7 km | 25 km |
| 1.1 | 19.09.2026 23:39 | 7 km | 122 km |
| 1.1 | 19.09.2026 13:11 | 7 km | 115 km |
| 1.0 | 19.09.2026 00:35 | 10.7 km | 53 km |
| 1.8 | 17.09.2026 14:25 | 9.9 km | 90 km |
| 1.0 | 17.09.2026 08:54 | 6.9 km | 103 km |
| 0.7 | 17.09.2026 08:19 | 6.7 km | 101 km |
| 1.6 | 16.09.2026 04:20 | 7 km | 79 km |
| 1.4 | 14.09.2026 04:22 | 7 km | 114 km |
| 1.0 | 12.09.2026 15:12 | 5.5 km | 108 km |
| 0.7 | 10.09.2026 21:24 | 22.8 km | 92 km |
| 0.8 | 10.09.2026 10:11 | 6.8 km | 109 km |
| 1.5 | 09.09.2026 22:43 | 10.6 km | 98 km |
| 1.4 | 09.09.2026 20:58 | 7 km | 57 km |
| 1.0 | 09.09.2026 09:13 | 7 km | 94 km |
| 1.1 | 07.09.2026 16:40 | 11.9 km | 101 km |
| 1.2 | 07.09.2026 09:07 | 6.9 km | 21 km |
| 1.3 | 06.09.2026 10:08 | 6.9 km | 88 km |
| 0.9 | 05.09.2026 17:48 | 7 km | 87 km |
| 1.5 | 05.09.2026 12:09 | 6.6 km | 87 km |
| 1.9 | 05.09.2026 08:38 | 13.3 km | 86 km |
| 1.0 | 04.09.2026 07:22 | 7 km | 115 km |
| 0.9 | 03.09.2026 10:17 | 7.1 km | 92 km |
| 0.8 | 03.09.2026 08:06 | 0.8 km | 111 km |
| 1.1 | 02.09.2026 00:29 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 1.3 | 01.09.2026 15:33 | 7 km | 113 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2026 13:35 | 7 km | 119 km |
| 1.0 | 31.08.2026 06:49 | 7 km | 102 km |
| 1.0 | 29.08.2026 01:50 | 7.1 km | 100 km |
| 1.2 | 29.08.2026 00:42 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 2.2 | 28.08.2026 19:57 | 5.6 km | 85 km |
| 2.1 | 28.08.2026 19:32 | 7.6 km | 86 km |
| 1.0 | 27.08.2026 17:31 | 6.7 km | 87 km |
| 1.0 | 23.08.2026 02:05 | 7.1 km | 117 km |
| 1.3 | 21.08.2026 10:22 | 7 km | 31 km |
| 1.6 | 17.08.2026 13:56 | 7.9 km | 96 km |
| 0.9 | 17.08.2026 08:57 | 7.3 km | 82 km |
| 0.9 | 16.08.2026 21:40 | 7 km | 85 km |
| 1.5 | 16.08.2026 10:22 | 16.2 km | 70 km |
| 1.1 | 14.08.2026 02:08 | 6.4 km | 74 km |
| 1.8 | 12.08.2026 04:25 | 7 km | 91 km |
| 2.2 | 12.08.2026 01:18 | 11.6 km | 92 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.