2.1
72,875
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1905–2026
record span
1.18
mean magnitude
49,232
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 18.08.1959 06:37 | 10 km | 271 km |
| 6.9 | 28.10.1983 14:06 | 12.5 km | 160 km |
| 6.9 | 28.06.1925 01:21 | 15 km | 234 km |
| 6.5 | 12.03.1934 15:05 | 10 km | 470 km |
| 6.5 | 31.03.2020 23:52 | 10.5 km | 142 km |
| 6.4 | 18.08.1959 15:26 | 10 km | 266 km |
| 6.4 | 28.06.1925 02:05 | — | 215 km |
| 6.2 | 19.10.1935 04:48 | 35 km | 207 km |
| 6.2 | 23.11.1947 09:46 | 35 km | 204 km |
| 6.1 | 12.07.1944 19:30 | 35 km | 154 km |
| 6.0 | 21.02.2008 14:16 | 8.9 km | 488 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1935 18:37 | 35 km | 200 km |
| 6.0 | 12.03.1934 18:20 | 35 km | 436 km |
| 5.9 | 28.03.1975 02:31 | 1.4 km | 406 km |
| 5.9 | 12.10.1935 07:50 | 5 km | 207 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 10.10.2026 16:47 | 3.3 km | 382 km |
| 1.3 | 09.10.2026 10:38 | 9.2 km | 153 km |
| -0.2 | 09.10.2026 03:29 | 10.5 km | 248 km |
| 1.1 | 08.10.2026 23:17 | -0.8 km | 214 km |
| 1.5 | 08.10.2026 20:06 | -2 km | 215 km |
| 0.8 | 08.10.2026 19:26 | 4.9 km | 223 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 19:18 | -2 km | 194 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 18:54 | -2 km | 143 km |
| 0.1 | 08.10.2026 10:58 | 7.3 km | 229 km |
| 0.3 | 08.10.2026 07:48 | 10.7 km | 247 km |
| 1.0 | 07.10.2026 12:12 | 12.7 km | 257 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 09:49 | 8.6 km | 230 km |
| 0.9 | 07.10.2026 07:24 | 7.6 km | 206 km |
| 0.5 | 06.10.2026 14:40 | 11.4 km | 241 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 07:39 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 0.9 | 05.10.2026 21:44 | -2 km | 194 km |
| 1.7 | 05.10.2026 19:30 | -0.8 km | 250 km |
| 1.0 | 05.10.2026 10:43 | 10.1 km | 150 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 08:37 | 9.2 km | 200 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 07:56 | 9.4 km | 200 km |
| -0.2 | 05.10.2026 07:44 | 10.4 km | 252 km |
| 0.1 | 05.10.2026 02:50 | 8.2 km | 222 km |
| 3.1 | 05.10.2026 02:34 | 5 km | 189 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 23:49 | 10.6 km | 259 km |
| 1.4 | 04.10.2026 22:02 | 11 km | 259 km |
| 2.2 | 04.10.2026 18:36 | 3.2 km | 189 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 17:35 | 1.4 km | 410 km |
| 0.3 | 04.10.2026 15:59 | 14 km | 202 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 14:17 | 14.5 km | 203 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 09:18 | 14.6 km | 250 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 04:46 | 4.6 km | 186 km |
| 1.7 | 03.10.2026 22:04 | 8.9 km | 410 km |
| 0.5 | 03.10.2026 16:26 | 2.8 km | 229 km |
| -0.2 | 03.10.2026 14:07 | 10.4 km | 205 km |
| 0.5 | 03.10.2026 06:26 | 6.3 km | 259 km |
| -0.2 | 03.10.2026 00:46 | 14.4 km | 218 km |
| 0.7 | 02.10.2026 11:24 | 1.8 km | 417 km |
| 0.8 | 02.10.2026 01:33 | 5.2 km | 271 km |
| 0.2 | 01.10.2026 13:54 | 5.5 km | 172 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 09:51 | 14.7 km | 158 km |
| 1.0 | 01.10.2026 08:02 | 0.9 km | 169 km |
| 0.2 | 30.09.2026 10:43 | 13.5 km | 217 km |
| 1.1 | 30.09.2026 08:58 | 8.3 km | 249 km |
| 0.5 | 30.09.2026 08:50 | 8.2 km | 249 km |
| 0.1 | 30.09.2026 07:17 | 13.7 km | 217 km |
| -0.1 | 30.09.2026 06:17 | 8.1 km | 248 km |
| 0.5 | 29.09.2026 18:44 | 12.8 km | 216 km |
| -0.1 | 29.09.2026 09:34 | 4.4 km | 242 km |
| 0.6 | 29.09.2026 08:43 | 9.6 km | 248 km |
| 1.6 | 28.09.2026 02:54 | 11.7 km | 201 km |
| 1.6 | 26.09.2026 19:27 | 6.9 km | 192 km |
| 1.7 | 26.09.2026 09:42 | 11.1 km | 215 km |
| 0.9 | 25.09.2026 16:53 | 6.5 km | 195 km |
| -0.2 | 25.09.2026 10:18 | 9.3 km | 246 km |
| 0.2 | 25.09.2026 05:04 | 9.4 km | 139 km |
| 1.6 | 24.09.2026 13:04 | 11.2 km | 209 km |
| 0.0 | 24.09.2026 07:40 | 13.1 km | 245 km |
| 2.2 | 24.09.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 355 km |
| 0.2 | 23.09.2026 10:25 | 10.3 km | 256 km |
| 0.1 | 23.09.2026 09:51 | 11.4 km | 253 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.