1.8
85,753
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1909–2026
record span
1.10
mean magnitude
77,646
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 | 238 km |
| 6.9 | 28.10.1983 14:06 | 12.5 km | 408 km |
| 6.9 | 28.06.1925 01:21 | 15 km | 110 km |
| 6.5 | 31.03.2020 23:52 | 10.5 km | 461 km |
| 6.4 | 18.08.1959 15:26 | 10 km | 218 km |
| 6.4 | 28.06.1925 02:05 | — | 131 km |
| 6.2 | 23.11.1947 09:46 | 35 km | 252 km |
| 6.2 | 19.10.1935 04:48 | 35 km | 150 km |
| 6.1 | 12.07.1944 19:30 | 35 km | 482 km |
| 6.0 | 31.10.1935 18:37 | 35 km | 151 km |
| 5.9 | 12.10.1935 07:50 | 5 km | 150 km |
| 5.9 | 30.06.1975 18:54 | 4 km | 225 km |
| 5.8 | 06.07.2017 06:30 | 12.1 km | 190 km |
| 5.8 | 19.08.1959 04:04 | 15 km | 242 km |
| 5.6 | 26.07.2005 04:08 | 11.4 km | 241 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 01:15 | 4.9 km | 226 km |
| 0.5 | 11.10.2026 21:36 | 3.2 km | 221 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 21:35 | 2.7 km | 222 km |
| 0.5 | 11.10.2026 21:35 | 1.8 km | 220 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 10:38 | 4.3 km | 230 km |
| 1.3 | 09.10.2026 10:38 | 9.2 km | 301 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2026 08:55 | 4.8 km | 247 km |
| 0.7 | 09.10.2026 08:27 | 2 km | 246 km |
| 0.5 | 09.10.2026 07:11 | 2.5 km | 225 km |
| -0.2 | 09.10.2026 03:29 | 10.5 km | 231 km |
| 0.8 | 09.10.2026 03:21 | 9 km | 216 km |
| 1.5 | 08.10.2026 20:06 | -2 km | 128 km |
| 0.8 | 08.10.2026 19:26 | 4.9 km | 125 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 19:18 | -2 km | 218 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 18:54 | -2 km | 199 km |
| 0.1 | 08.10.2026 10:58 | 7.3 km | 235 km |
| 0.3 | 08.10.2026 07:48 | 10.7 km | 232 km |
| 1.0 | 07.10.2026 12:12 | 12.7 km | 243 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 09:49 | 8.6 km | 233 km |
| 0.9 | 07.10.2026 07:24 | 7.6 km | 239 km |
| 0.5 | 06.10.2026 14:40 | 11.4 km | 233 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 07:39 | 10 km | 282 km |
| 0.9 | 05.10.2026 21:44 | -2 km | 219 km |
| 1.0 | 05.10.2026 10:43 | 10.1 km | 300 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 08:37 | 9.2 km | 190 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 07:56 | 9.4 km | 190 km |
| -0.2 | 05.10.2026 07:44 | 10.4 km | 230 km |
| 0.5 | 05.10.2026 03:36 | 8.2 km | 240 km |
| 0.5 | 05.10.2026 03:34 | 8.2 km | 240 km |
| 0.1 | 05.10.2026 02:50 | 8.2 km | 237 km |
| 3.1 | 05.10.2026 02:34 | 5 km | 243 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 23:49 | 10.6 km | 232 km |
| 1.4 | 04.10.2026 22:02 | 11 km | 232 km |
| 2.2 | 04.10.2026 18:36 | 3.2 km | 262 km |
| 0.3 | 04.10.2026 15:59 | 14 km | 257 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 14:17 | 14.5 km | 243 km |
| 0.5 | 04.10.2026 12:03 | 2.1 km | 227 km |
| 1.6 | 04.10.2026 09:18 | 14.6 km | 182 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 04:46 | 4.6 km | 280 km |
| 0.5 | 03.10.2026 16:26 | 2.8 km | 347 km |
| -0.2 | 03.10.2026 14:07 | 10.4 km | 251 km |
| 0.5 | 03.10.2026 06:26 | 6.3 km | 220 km |
| -0.2 | 03.10.2026 00:46 | 14.4 km | 234 km |
| 0.8 | 02.10.2026 01:33 | 5.2 km | 260 km |
| 0.2 | 01.10.2026 13:54 | 5.5 km | 229 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 09:51 | 14.7 km | 314 km |
| 1.0 | 01.10.2026 08:02 | 0.9 km | 292 km |
| 0.2 | 30.09.2026 10:43 | 13.5 km | 233 km |
| 1.1 | 30.09.2026 08:58 | 8.3 km | 226 km |
| 0.5 | 30.09.2026 08:50 | 8.2 km | 227 km |
| 0.1 | 30.09.2026 07:17 | 13.7 km | 231 km |
| -0.1 | 30.09.2026 06:17 | 8.1 km | 229 km |
| 0.5 | 29.09.2026 18:44 | 12.8 km | 238 km |
| -0.1 | 29.09.2026 09:34 | 4.4 km | 231 km |
| 0.6 | 29.09.2026 08:43 | 9.6 km | 227 km |
| 0.5 | 29.09.2026 08:34 | 5 km | 231 km |
| 1.6 | 28.09.2026 02:54 | 11.7 km | 192 km |
| 1.6 | 26.09.2026 19:27 | 6.9 km | 171 km |
| 1.7 | 26.09.2026 09:42 | 11.1 km | 238 km |
| 0.9 | 25.09.2026 16:53 | 6.5 km | 189 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.