2.1
11,856
recorded earthquakes
M5.1
largest
1902–2026
record span
1.68
mean magnitude
10,493
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 09.04.1917 20:52 | — | 197 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 00:41 | 11 km | 346 km |
| 4.8 | 07.05.1927 08:28 | — | 331 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.1970 10:17 | 12 km | 313 km |
| 4.8 | 22.03.1922 22:29 | — | 284 km |
| 4.8 | 26.09.1990 13:18 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 4.8 | 21.10.1965 02:04 | 10 km | 148 km |
| 4.7 | 20.08.1934 00:47 | — | 321 km |
| 4.7 | 04.11.1903 19:14 | — | 315 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.1963 17:30 | 9 km | 279 km |
| 4.6 | 23.11.1939 15:14 | — | 202 km |
| 4.6 | 23.03.1922 02:22 | — | 284 km |
| 4.6 | 11.02.1965 03:40 | 18 km | 320 km |
| 4.6 | 07.12.1915 18:40 | — | 342 km |
| 4.6 | 22.08.1905 05:08 | — | 260 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 08:38 | 7 km | 332 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 19:49 | 0 km | 357 km |
| 1.5 | 09.10.2026 16:14 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 19:06 | 0 km | 379 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2026 18:22 | 0 km | 335 km |
| 2.0 | 07.10.2026 23:14 | 8.8 km | 329 km |
| 1.7 | 07.10.2026 09:13 | 2.5 km | 217 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 03:57 | 7.3 km | 315 km |
| 2.1 | 06.10.2026 21:25 | 5.6 km | 270 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 17:53 | 0 km | 373 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 14:18 | 5.8 km | 338 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 20:53 | 0 km | 373 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 18:07 | 0 km | 296 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 01:24 | 7.8 km | 315 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 14:57 | 12.1 km | 339 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 20:59 | 0 km | 381 km |
| 2.2 | 02.10.2026 14:52 | 8.8 km | 339 km |
| 1.8 | 02.10.2026 13:06 | 11.8 km | 313 km |
| 1.6 | 30.09.2026 10:54 | 5.4 km | 347 km |
| 1.3 | 28.09.2026 15:33 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 1.9 | 27.09.2026 05:05 | 8.2 km | 312 km |
| 2.0 | 27.09.2026 03:54 | 8.7 km | 351 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2026 01:09 | 5.3 km | 318 km |
| 1.3 | 25.09.2026 19:05 | 0 km | 357 km |
| 1.6 | 25.09.2026 18:05 | 0 km | 378 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 17:33 | 0 km | 333 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 14:43 | 10.2 km | 326 km |
| 1.4 | 21.09.2026 23:49 | 9.7 km | 328 km |
| 1.4 | 21.09.2026 18:30 | 0 km | 358 km |
| 1.2 | 21.09.2026 16:13 | 0 km | 270 km |
| 2.1 | 21.09.2026 01:29 | 9.8 km | 340 km |
| 1.8 | 19.09.2026 11:12 | 14.5 km | 350 km |
| 1.4 | 18.09.2026 21:26 | 0 km | 379 km |
| 1.6 | 18.09.2026 03:06 | 7.9 km | 313 km |
| 2.4 | 17.09.2026 21:36 | 0.1 km | 227 km |
| 1.3 | 17.09.2026 17:27 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 1.1 | 17.09.2026 10:58 | 6 km | 296 km |
| 1.3 | 16.09.2026 17:26 | 0 km | 335 km |
| 1.8 | 16.09.2026 02:36 | 10.7 km | 302 km |
| 1.7 | 15.09.2026 12:02 | 5.5 km | 343 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 09:57 | 8.1 km | 322 km |
| 2.4 | 14.09.2026 11:47 | 17.9 km | 301 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2026 04:16 | 9.3 km | 337 km |
| 2.4 | 13.09.2026 16:27 | 0.9 km | 110 km |
| 1.5 | 12.09.2026 22:43 | 10.5 km | 334 km |
| 1.2 | 12.09.2026 02:30 | 7.7 km | 317 km |
| 1.8 | 12.09.2026 02:23 | 8.1 km | 317 km |
| 1.2 | 11.09.2026 19:43 | 8.1 km | 316 km |
| 1.3 | 11.09.2026 19:40 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 1.6 | 11.09.2026 19:00 | 0 km | 379 km |
| 1.5 | 11.09.2026 16:03 | 0 km | 357 km |
| 1.1 | 11.09.2026 14:57 | 0 km | 379 km |
| 1.3 | 11.09.2026 12:58 | 7.9 km | 316 km |
| 1.7 | 11.09.2026 09:02 | 7.6 km | 313 km |
| 1.5 | 10.09.2026 18:39 | 0 km | 374 km |
| 1.3 | 10.09.2026 15:33 | 0 km | 334 km |
| 1.2 | 09.09.2026 15:47 | 0 km | 294 km |
| 1.9 | 08.09.2026 15:36 | 9.9 km | 338 km |
| 1.6 | 02.09.2026 17:53 | 12.1 km | 328 km |
| 1.2 | 01.09.2026 15:07 | 0 km | 373 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.