2.1
5,919
recorded earthquakes
M5.4
largest
1901–2026
record span
1.74
mean magnitude
2,064
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 18.04.2008 09:36 | 15.1 km | 200 km |
| 5.3 | 09.11.1968 17:01 | 15.7 km | 228 km |
| 5.1 | 09.04.1917 20:52 | — | 391 km |
| 5.0 | 27.07.1980 18:52 | 12.5 km | 160 km |
| 4.9 | 10.06.1987 23:48 | 10 km | 213 km |
| 4.8 | 18.04.2008 15:14 | 11.6 km | 198 km |
| 4.8 | 27.11.1922 03:31 | — | 240 km |
| 4.8 | 22.03.1922 22:29 | — | 322 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.1970 10:17 | 12 km | 351 km |
| 4.8 | 27.04.1925 04:05 | — | 183 km |
| 4.8 | 26.09.1990 13:18 | 10 km | 341 km |
| 4.7 | 20.08.1934 00:47 | — | 317 km |
| 4.7 | 04.11.1903 19:14 | — | 362 km |
| 4.6 | 18.06.2002 17:37 | 14.4 km | 173 km |
| 4.6 | 02.09.1925 11:56 | — | 152 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 08:38 | 7 km | 361 km |
| 2.0 | 07.10.2026 23:14 | 8.8 km | 364 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 03:57 | 7.3 km | 366 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 01:24 | 7.8 km | 366 km |
| 1.8 | 02.10.2026 13:06 | 11.8 km | 354 km |
| 1.9 | 27.09.2026 05:05 | 8.2 km | 355 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2026 01:09 | 5.3 km | 362 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 14:43 | 10.2 km | 368 km |
| 1.4 | 21.09.2026 23:49 | 9.7 km | 365 km |
| 1.6 | 18.09.2026 03:06 | 7.9 km | 369 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 09:57 | 8.1 km | 363 km |
| 2.4 | 14.09.2026 11:47 | 17.9 km | 286 km |
| 1.2 | 12.09.2026 02:30 | 7.7 km | 367 km |
| 1.8 | 12.09.2026 02:23 | 8.1 km | 367 km |
| 1.2 | 11.09.2026 19:43 | 8.1 km | 367 km |
| 1.3 | 11.09.2026 12:58 | 7.9 km | 367 km |
| 1.7 | 11.09.2026 09:02 | 7.6 km | 369 km |
| 1.6 | 02.09.2026 17:53 | 12.1 km | 372 km |
| 1.7 | 31.08.2026 22:54 | 7.9 km | 362 km |
| 1.6 | 29.08.2026 19:54 | 7.9 km | 365 km |
| 1.7 | 24.08.2026 02:53 | 7.8 km | 370 km |
| 2.5 | 20.08.2026 04:35 | 13.9 km | 278 km |
| 1.7 | 17.08.2026 07:43 | 8.8 km | 368 km |
| 1.7 | 15.08.2026 10:36 | 9 km | 364 km |
| 2.2 | 15.08.2026 07:06 | 7.2 km | 376 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 10:51 | 7.3 km | 364 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 09:37 | 7 km | 364 km |
| 1.9 | 14.08.2026 09:31 | 7.4 km | 362 km |
| 2.1 | 13.08.2026 00:10 | 8.1 km | 364 km |
| 1.9 | 12.08.2026 09:54 | 9 km | 367 km |
| 2.1 | 11.08.2026 06:38 | 11 km | 364 km |
| 1.8 | 07.08.2026 07:12 | 5.3 km | 362 km |
| 1.7 | 31.07.2026 08:39 | 8.8 km | 363 km |
| 1.9 | 28.07.2026 05:12 | 4.5 km | 351 km |
| 2.0 | 24.07.2026 06:18 | 8.5 km | 362 km |
| 2.0 | 23.07.2026 02:10 | 5.5 km | 361 km |
| 1.9 | 22.07.2026 17:28 | 9.9 km | 368 km |
| 1.5 | 22.07.2026 11:57 | 8.2 km | 370 km |
| 1.9 | 13.07.2026 22:22 | 8.8 km | 364 km |
| 1.4 | 13.07.2026 18:35 | 7.1 km | 353 km |
| 1.1 | 10.07.2026 20:02 | 9.1 km | 367 km |
| 1.9 | 10.07.2026 14:16 | 9.4 km | 365 km |
| 2.0 | 08.07.2026 08:49 | 10.2 km | 351 km |
| 1.8 | 07.07.2026 15:25 | 10.5 km | 344 km |
| 2.1 | 06.07.2026 06:18 | 5.2 km | 297 km |
| 1.9 | 01.07.2026 18:19 | 17.3 km | 349 km |
| 1.4 | 01.07.2026 11:49 | 8.9 km | 365 km |
| 2.0 | 29.06.2026 11:14 | 6.1 km | 364 km |
| 3.5 | 29.06.2026 07:05 | 19 km | 209 km |
| 1.3 | 22.06.2026 08:20 | 11.1 km | 368 km |
| 1.9 | 17.06.2026 08:31 | 9.3 km | 365 km |
| 1.9 | 17.06.2026 05:30 | 9.3 km | 365 km |
| 1.8 | 15.06.2026 20:02 | 7.8 km | 370 km |
| 2.2 | 15.06.2026 14:50 | 9.7 km | 366 km |
| 1.4 | 15.06.2026 10:47 | 7.5 km | 369 km |
| 1.6 | 15.06.2026 06:51 | 6 km | 371 km |
| 1.4 | 15.06.2026 06:19 | 7.3 km | 369 km |
| 1.8 | 15.06.2026 05:45 | 9 km | 365 km |
| 2.1 | 15.06.2026 01:40 | 7.5 km | 369 km |
| 1.7 | 10.06.2026 18:12 | 11.3 km | 353 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.