3.0
5,850
recorded earthquakes
M7.7
largest
1908–2026
record span
3.11
mean magnitude
5,456
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 | 10.11.1940 01:39 | 150 km | 486 km |
| 7.5 | 04.03.1977 19:21 | 85.3 km | 462 km |
| 7.2 | 30.08.1986 21:28 | 137.4 km | 499 km |
| 7.1 | 11.10.2024 23:57 | 41 km | 555 km |
| 6.9 | 30.05.1990 10:40 | 92.5 km | 464 km |
| 6.8 | 11.09.1927 22:15 | 35 km | 543 km |
| 6.6 | 06.10.1908 21:39 | 150 km | 500 km |
| 6.5 | 07.09.1945 15:48 | 100 km | 447 km |
| 6.5 | 26.01.1916 07:38 | 35 km | 608 km |
| 6.5 | 22.10.1940 06:37 | 150 km | 480 km |
| 6.3 | 31.05.1990 00:17 | 91.1 km | 463 km |
| 6.2 | 29.03.1934 20:06 | 150 km | 480 km |
| 6.1 | 12.09.1927 03:20 | 15 km | 523 km |
| 6.0 | 25.05.1912 18:01 | 100 km | 442 km |
| 6.0 | 09.12.1945 06:08 | 100 km | 542 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 14:53 | 100.3 km | 494 km |
| 3.4 | 11.10.2026 15:41 | 118.4 km | 500 km |
| 3.4 | 08.10.2026 07:48 | 134.7 km | 524 km |
| 3.7 | 05.10.2026 05:36 | 133.5 km | 482 km |
| 3.4 | 04.10.2026 08:09 | 124.7 km | 503 km |
| 3.1 | 04.10.2026 03:05 | 114.6 km | 499 km |
| 3.5 | 03.10.2026 01:22 | 140.9 km | 491 km |
| 2.9 | 02.10.2026 23:41 | 136.9 km | 480 km |
| 3.4 | 29.09.2026 07:43 | 84 km | 488 km |
| 3.3 | 28.09.2026 03:48 | 80.7 km | 476 km |
| 3.2 | 25.09.2026 19:11 | 118.3 km | 517 km |
| 2.0 | 25.09.2026 14:08 | 3 km | 531 km |
| 2.0 | 25.09.2026 06:12 | 2 km | 587 km |
| 3.3 | 24.09.2026 22:33 | 142.8 km | 502 km |
| 2.9 | 22.09.2026 15:14 | 111.7 km | 466 km |
| 2.5 | 22.09.2026 11:08 | 5 km | 245 km |
| 4.4 | 22.09.2026 09:49 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 3.1 | 18.09.2026 01:09 | 21.4 km | 409 km |
| 2.0 | 16.09.2026 22:31 | 10 km | 602 km |
| 4.2 | 16.09.2026 22:31 | 10 km | 627 km |
| 2.5 | 15.09.2026 18:26 | 3 km | 605 km |
| 2.9 | 14.09.2026 10:08 | 111.3 km | 476 km |
| 2.2 | 13.09.2026 04:57 | 13.9 km | 708 km |
| 2.8 | 10.09.2026 12:08 | 10 km | 648 km |
| 1.7 | 10.09.2026 07:55 | 3 km | 183 km |
| 3.0 | 06.09.2026 22:09 | 8.5 km | 461 km |
| 4.1 | 06.09.2026 04:04 | 149.6 km | 500 km |
| 1.8 | 02.09.2026 12:00 | 6 km | 491 km |
| 3.0 | 01.09.2026 19:49 | 147.6 km | 496 km |
| 3.3 | 01.09.2026 06:54 | 22.2 km | 465 km |
| 1.3 | 31.08.2026 22:12 | 3 km | 351 km |
| 3.2 | 31.08.2026 17:37 | 84.5 km | 457 km |
| 2.5 | 31.08.2026 15:46 | 20.1 km | 463 km |
| 3.4 | 31.08.2026 04:12 | 98 km | 464 km |
| 2.9 | 28.08.2026 16:54 | 132.7 km | 532 km |
| 1.7 | 26.08.2026 15:44 | 7 km | 503 km |
| 4.4 | 25.08.2026 01:56 | 143.6 km | 496 km |
| 2.7 | 23.08.2026 17:38 | 5 km | 226 km |
| 2.9 | 18.08.2026 23:28 | 142.3 km | 493 km |
| 3.3 | 18.08.2026 20:58 | 133.3 km | 481 km |
| 2.6 | 15.08.2026 06:50 | 120.9 km | 470 km |
| 4.6 | 11.08.2026 17:21 | 140 km | 518 km |
| 2.8 | 11.08.2026 08:56 | 133.8 km | 508 km |
| 1.4 | 08.08.2026 16:40 | 5 km | 433 km |
| 2.6 | 08.08.2026 07:03 | 11 km | 382 km |
| 2.8 | 07.08.2026 23:47 | 136.7 km | 492 km |
| 3.2 | 07.08.2026 11:23 | 114.7 km | 525 km |
| 3.4 | 06.08.2026 10:22 | 128.7 km | 516 km |
| 3.0 | 03.08.2026 20:47 | 89.6 km | 476 km |
| 2.8 | 03.08.2026 15:46 | 17.7 km | 477 km |
| 3.1 | 03.08.2026 09:34 | 121.9 km | 483 km |
| 3.4 | 28.07.2026 14:01 | 119.6 km | 491 km |
| 3.3 | 27.07.2026 19:47 | 103.6 km | 486 km |
| 2.8 | 26.07.2026 02:24 | 35 km | 550 km |
| 2.4 | 26.07.2026 01:52 | 18.8 km | 479 km |
| 3.5 | 25.07.2026 23:35 | 147.7 km | 510 km |
| 3.2 | 25.07.2026 20:20 | 89 km | 487 km |
| 3.1 | 25.07.2026 12:13 | 103.1 km | 501 km |
| 3.3 | 24.07.2026 02:19 | 109.3 km | 495 km |
| 2.5 | 22.07.2026 01:13 | 120.2 km | 502 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.