1.9
45,991
recorded earthquakes
M5.7
largest
1917–2026
record span
1.34
mean magnitude
44,147
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.7 | 03.09.2016 12:02 | 4.7 km | 206 km |
| 5.7 | 06.11.2011 03:53 | 7.5 km | 180 km |
| 5.1 | 13.02.2016 17:07 | 10 km | 127 km |
| 5.1 | 03.02.2024 05:24 | 10.5 km | 179 km |
| 5.0 | 08.11.2011 02:46 | 2.7 km | 177 km |
| 5.0 | 07.11.2016 01:44 | 6.6 km | 192 km |
| 5.0 | 18.03.1979 23:19 | 5 km | 179 km |
| 5.0 | 05.11.2011 07:12 | 6.2 km | 182 km |
| 4.9 | 30.11.2015 09:49 | 10.6 km | 175 km |
| 4.9 | 30.07.1925 12:17 | — | 234 km |
| 4.8 | 23.07.2026 10:21 | 10 km | 199 km |
| 4.8 | 19.11.2015 07:42 | 10.8 km | 155 km |
| 4.8 | 27.07.2015 18:12 | 9.6 km | 132 km |
| 4.8 | 07.01.2016 04:27 | 10 km | 124 km |
| 4.8 | 09.04.2018 10:22 | 10 km | 149 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 07:05 | 7.3 km | 94 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 05:38 | 10.1 km | 93 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 13:37 | 8.2 km | 92 km |
| 0.9 | 11.10.2026 11:45 | 7.8 km | 203 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 09:16 | 6.8 km | 94 km |
| 0.7 | 11.10.2026 05:54 | 7.2 km | 93 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 04:35 | 5 km | 184 km |
| 0.8 | 11.10.2026 03:28 | 8.4 km | 94 km |
| 0.7 | 10.10.2026 12:13 | 8.8 km | 94 km |
| 0.5 | 10.10.2026 09:50 | 10.1 km | 94 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 07:27 | 5.5 km | 180 km |
| 1.3 | 09.10.2026 21:37 | 0 km | 204 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 21:19 | 11 km | 179 km |
| 1.6 | 09.10.2026 19:49 | 0 km | 330 km |
| 1.9 | 09.10.2026 16:32 | 6.6 km | 142 km |
| 1.5 | 09.10.2026 16:14 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 2.0 | 09.10.2026 13:09 | 7.9 km | 94 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 11:52 | 8.9 km | 169 km |
| 0.7 | 09.10.2026 11:30 | 9 km | 84 km |
| 0.8 | 09.10.2026 10:49 | 8 km | 84 km |
| 1.4 | 09.10.2026 10:36 | 7.3 km | 85 km |
| 0.9 | 09.10.2026 10:34 | 6.4 km | 94 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2026 19:11 | 0 km | 73 km |
| 1.4 | 08.10.2026 19:06 | 0 km | 278 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2026 18:22 | 0 km | 333 km |
| 1.0 | 08.10.2026 15:52 | 7.2 km | 94 km |
| 1.1 | 08.10.2026 15:32 | 0 km | 201 km |
| 1.0 | 08.10.2026 08:31 | 7 km | 95 km |
| 0.9 | 08.10.2026 03:39 | 10.6 km | 83 km |
| 2.4 | 07.10.2026 18:47 | 10.1 km | 84 km |
| 1.2 | 07.10.2026 08:47 | 7.9 km | 123 km |
| 1.1 | 07.10.2026 05:49 | 5 km | 146 km |
| 1.9 | 07.10.2026 04:40 | 8.2 km | 116 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 20:00 | 0 km | 163 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 18:42 | 0 km | 200 km |
| 1.3 | 06.10.2026 17:53 | 0 km | 283 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2026 17:31 | 0 km | 212 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 03:56 | 3.9 km | 146 km |
| 1.5 | 06.10.2026 01:38 | 6.8 km | 181 km |
| 1.7 | 06.10.2026 01:26 | 7 km | 181 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 20:53 | 0 km | 282 km |
| 1.4 | 05.10.2026 18:15 | 0 km | 194 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 18:07 | 0 km | 362 km |
| 1.0 | 05.10.2026 07:30 | 12.3 km | 198 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 04:15 | 7.4 km | 95 km |
| 1.8 | 04.10.2026 16:38 | 7.9 km | 134 km |
| 0.8 | 04.10.2026 10:39 | 11.7 km | 97 km |
| 0.7 | 04.10.2026 05:57 | 6.7 km | 179 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 02:03 | 8.8 km | 83 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 01:40 | 7.6 km | 86 km |
| 1.0 | 03.10.2026 22:38 | 4.4 km | 144 km |
| 0.7 | 03.10.2026 19:40 | 9.2 km | 96 km |
| 1.2 | 03.10.2026 18:49 | 6.7 km | 83 km |
| 1.2 | 03.10.2026 09:33 | 7.5 km | 194 km |
| 2.1 | 03.10.2026 04:49 | 6.9 km | 363 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 20:59 | 0 km | 276 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 16:55 | 0 km | 363 km |
| 1.2 | 02.10.2026 16:27 | 0 km | 332 km |
| 1.3 | 01.10.2026 21:49 | 0 km | 235 km |
| 0.9 | 01.10.2026 21:04 | 10.8 km | 82 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.