1.3
8,686
recorded earthquakes
M7.2
largest
1902–2026
record span
2.21
mean magnitude
5,171
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 31.12.1934 18:45 | 10 km | 360 km |
| 7.2 | 04.04.2010 22:40 | 5.5 km | 373 km |
| 7.1 | 16.10.1999 09:46 | 2.3 km | 409 km |
| 7.1 | 21.11.1915 00:13 | 35 km | 371 km |
| 6.9 | 19.05.1940 04:36 | 10 km | 376 km |
| 6.6 | 30.12.1934 13:52 | 10 km | 357 km |
| 6.6 | 24.01.1903 05:27 | — | 410 km |
| 6.5 | 15.10.1979 23:16 | 11.6 km | 387 km |
| 6.5 | 07.08.1966 17:36 | 17.1 km | 372 km |
| 6.4 | 14.02.1956 18:33 | 15 km | 466 km |
| 6.3 | 17.11.1902 19:50 | — | 388 km |
| 6.3 | 09.06.1980 03:28 | 1.4 km | 355 km |
| 6.3 | 15.02.1956 01:20 | 15 km | 477 km |
| 6.3 | 19.04.1906 00:30 | — | 357 km |
| 6.2 | 18.08.1912 21:09 | — | 122 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 16:04 | 16.1 km | 337 km |
| 2.2 | 10.10.2026 12:30 | 17.2 km | 306 km |
| 3.6 | 10.10.2026 10:30 | 11.9 km | 386 km |
| 3.2 | 10.10.2026 09:34 | 14.9 km | 388 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 20:38 | 6.3 km | 381 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 09:30 | 13.4 km | 388 km |
| 3.6 | 09.10.2026 09:18 | 9.3 km | 389 km |
| 3.1 | 09.10.2026 01:01 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 2.1 | 07.10.2026 06:21 | 12.7 km | 333 km |
| 1.9 | 06.10.2026 01:27 | 15.3 km | 338 km |
| 3.5 | 05.10.2026 08:55 | 16.2 km | 372 km |
| 3.7 | 05.10.2026 07:55 | 18 km | 391 km |
| 3.7 | 05.10.2026 07:35 | 10.8 km | 386 km |
| 2.7 | 03.10.2026 15:25 | 6 km | 324 km |
| 2.4 | 02.10.2026 22:46 | 17.7 km | 305 km |
| 1.6 | 30.09.2026 22:27 | 14.1 km | 335 km |
| 3.3 | 27.09.2026 10:39 | 9.9 km | 397 km |
| 0.8 | 27.09.2026 06:51 | 17.2 km | 336 km |
| 1.3 | 27.09.2026 06:47 | 14 km | 337 km |
| 3.4 | 23.09.2026 23:01 | 11.4 km | 389 km |
| 1.7 | 23.09.2026 22:05 | 6.4 km | 305 km |
| 1.5 | 23.09.2026 02:53 | 18.9 km | 330 km |
| 1.4 | 22.09.2026 19:41 | -0.2 km | 307 km |
| 1.6 | 22.09.2026 14:17 | 18.5 km | 329 km |
| 1.9 | 22.09.2026 13:19 | 19 km | 330 km |
| 1.7 | 22.09.2026 13:04 | 19.3 km | 329 km |
| 1.6 | 22.09.2026 12:57 | 19.1 km | 330 km |
| 0.7 | 22.09.2026 02:01 | 16 km | 336 km |
| 1.3 | 21.09.2026 22:00 | 14.4 km | 330 km |
| 1.1 | 20.09.2026 17:10 | 13.7 km | 337 km |
| 0.9 | 20.09.2026 07:55 | 12.9 km | 334 km |
| 2.0 | 19.09.2026 11:58 | 17.1 km | 336 km |
| 1.3 | 18.09.2026 13:56 | 15.1 km | 337 km |
| 1.3 | 18.09.2026 05:25 | 17.2 km | 336 km |
| 1.2 | 18.09.2026 05:06 | 15.5 km | 335 km |
| 0.9 | 18.09.2026 01:39 | 14.9 km | 337 km |
| 1.7 | 17.09.2026 23:51 | 15.4 km | 336 km |
| 1.6 | 15.09.2026 21:44 | -0.2 km | 303 km |
| 1.9 | 15.09.2026 02:54 | 14.8 km | 333 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2026 20:19 | 16 km | 341 km |
| 1.3 | 14.09.2026 14:00 | 17.2 km | 336 km |
| 1.6 | 14.09.2026 10:34 | 17.5 km | 336 km |
| 1.4 | 14.09.2026 09:36 | 17.6 km | 336 km |
| 0.6 | 14.09.2026 08:31 | 18 km | 336 km |
| 1.0 | 14.09.2026 05:53 | 17.1 km | 336 km |
| 1.1 | 14.09.2026 05:49 | 17.4 km | 336 km |
| 1.3 | 12.09.2026 09:57 | 16.4 km | 300 km |
| 1.3 | 12.09.2026 02:08 | 17.1 km | 336 km |
| 1.5 | 11.09.2026 23:19 | 15.8 km | 337 km |
| 1.4 | 11.09.2026 12:34 | 15.9 km | 336 km |
| 0.7 | 09.09.2026 06:56 | 15.8 km | 336 km |
| 1.1 | 08.09.2026 21:52 | 14.9 km | 336 km |
| 1.4 | 08.09.2026 00:16 | 7.9 km | 333 km |
| 1.8 | 07.09.2026 06:06 | 12.5 km | 333 km |
| 1.1 | 05.09.2026 17:37 | 15.7 km | 338 km |
| 2.4 | 04.09.2026 15:37 | 14.8 km | 333 km |
| 0.6 | 03.09.2026 09:34 | 15.3 km | 338 km |
| 1.3 | 02.09.2026 21:22 | 17.3 km | 336 km |
| 1.2 | 02.09.2026 21:18 | 17.4 km | 336 km |
| 1.5 | 02.09.2026 20:06 | 3.6 km | 307 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.