2.0
9,738
recorded earthquakes
M5.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
1.78
mean magnitude
4,460
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 00:41 | 11 km | 196 km |
| 4.8 | 28.02.2011 05:00 | 10 km | 65 km |
| 4.8 | 28.10.1923 17:10 | — | 180 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.1938 03:34 | 1 km | 188 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.1970 10:17 | 12 km | 325 km |
| 4.8 | 07.05.1927 08:28 | — | 197 km |
| 4.7 | 04.11.1903 19:14 | — | 311 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.1963 17:30 | 9 km | 284 km |
| 4.6 | 04.11.1903 18:18 | — | 310 km |
| 4.6 | 11.02.1965 03:40 | 18 km | 289 km |
| 4.6 | 17.12.1931 03:36 | — | 215 km |
| 4.5 | 23.05.1964 11:25 | 18 km | 276 km |
| 4.5 | 01.01.1924 03:05 | — | 240 km |
| 4.4 | 04.06.1967 16:14 | 10 km | 183 km |
| 4.4 | 25.01.1955 07:24 | 8 km | 258 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.0 | 07.10.2026 23:14 | 8.8 km | 304 km |
| 1.7 | 07.10.2026 09:13 | 2.5 km | 184 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 03:57 | 7.3 km | 306 km |
| 2.1 | 06.10.2026 21:25 | 5.6 km | 162 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 14:18 | 5.8 km | 297 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 01:24 | 7.8 km | 306 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 14:57 | 12.1 km | 263 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 16:55 | 0 km | 266 km |
| 2.2 | 02.10.2026 14:52 | 8.8 km | 264 km |
| 1.8 | 28.09.2026 18:36 | 0 km | 265 km |
| 2.1 | 28.09.2026 10:55 | 2.2 km | 50 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2026 01:09 | 5.3 km | 309 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 14:43 | 10.2 km | 301 km |
| 1.4 | 21.09.2026 23:49 | 9.7 km | 304 km |
| 2.0 | 21.09.2026 22:58 | 6.4 km | 118 km |
| 2.1 | 21.09.2026 01:29 | 9.8 km | 265 km |
| 1.6 | 18.09.2026 03:06 | 7.9 km | 303 km |
| 1.8 | 16.09.2026 02:36 | 10.7 km | 293 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 09:57 | 8.1 km | 307 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2026 04:16 | 9.3 km | 296 km |
| 1.5 | 12.09.2026 22:43 | 10.5 km | 295 km |
| 1.2 | 12.09.2026 02:30 | 7.7 km | 305 km |
| 1.8 | 12.09.2026 02:23 | 8.1 km | 305 km |
| 1.2 | 11.09.2026 19:43 | 8.1 km | 305 km |
| 1.3 | 11.09.2026 12:58 | 7.9 km | 304 km |
| 1.7 | 11.09.2026 09:02 | 7.6 km | 304 km |
| 1.9 | 08.09.2026 15:36 | 9.9 km | 294 km |
| 1.6 | 02.09.2026 17:53 | 12.1 km | 296 km |
| 1.7 | 31.08.2026 22:54 | 7.9 km | 310 km |
| 1.6 | 29.08.2026 19:54 | 7.9 km | 305 km |
| 1.8 | 26.08.2026 06:08 | 9.7 km | 295 km |
| 1.5 | 25.08.2026 09:32 | 9.5 km | 295 km |
| 1.7 | 24.08.2026 02:53 | 7.8 km | 302 km |
| 1.7 | 17.08.2026 07:43 | 8.8 km | 299 km |
| 1.7 | 15.08.2026 10:36 | 9 km | 306 km |
| 2.2 | 15.08.2026 07:06 | 7.2 km | 298 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 10:51 | 7.3 km | 307 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 09:37 | 7 km | 307 km |
| 1.9 | 14.08.2026 09:31 | 7.4 km | 309 km |
| 2.1 | 13.08.2026 00:10 | 8.1 km | 304 km |
| 1.9 | 12.08.2026 09:54 | 9 km | 304 km |
| 2.0 | 11.08.2026 20:42 | 9 km | 283 km |
| 2.1 | 11.08.2026 06:38 | 11 km | 305 km |
| 2.1 | 07.08.2026 12:14 | 9 km | 275 km |
| 2.4 | 06.08.2026 09:56 | 4.4 km | 286 km |
| 2.6 | 04.08.2026 12:04 | 9.8 km | 265 km |
| 1.3 | 02.08.2026 18:15 | 7.9 km | 288 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 08:39 | 8.8 km | 306 km |
| 1.3 | 29.07.2026 20:45 | 9.5 km | 295 km |
| 1.9 | 28.07.2026 15:18 | 4.1 km | 156 km |
| 1.9 | 27.07.2026 21:12 | 6.2 km | 216 km |
| 1.7 | 26.07.2026 15:36 | 4.5 km | 140 km |
| 2.0 | 24.07.2026 06:18 | 8.5 km | 307 km |
| 1.8 | 23.07.2026 21:02 | 9.2 km | 288 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 02:10 | 5.5 km | 313 km |
| 1.9 | 22.07.2026 17:28 | 9.9 km | 300 km |
| 1.5 | 22.07.2026 11:57 | 8.2 km | 302 km |
| 1.8 | 20.07.2026 08:43 | 1.8 km | 140 km |
| 2.4 | 20.07.2026 08:40 | 1 km | 140 km |
| 2.1 | 20.07.2026 01:28 | 3.8 km | 141 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.