-0.0
76,234
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
1.05
mean magnitude
61,736
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 | 08.11.1980 10:27 | 12.5 km | 459 km |
| 7.2 | 15.06.2005 02:50 | 3.3 km | 548 km |
| 7.2 | 31.01.1922 13:17 | 15 km | 523 km |
| 7.0 | 17.08.1991 22:17 | 14.5 km | 500 km |
| 6.8 | 13.07.1991 02:50 | 11.9 km | 476 km |
| 6.8 | 13.04.1949 19:55 | 50 km | 358 km |
| 6.4 | 15.07.1918 00:23 | 15 km | 459 km |
| 6.3 | 16.08.1991 22:26 | 18.6 km | 481 km |
| 6.1 | 12.07.1944 19:30 | 35 km | 403 km |
| 6.0 | 04.06.1925 12:02 | 35 km | 463 km |
| 6.0 | 21.09.1993 03:28 | 7.5 km | 248 km |
| 5.9 | 21.09.1993 05:45 | 6.9 km | 241 km |
| 5.8 | 03.08.1916 14:22 | — | 434 km |
| 5.8 | 16.07.1936 07:07 | 35 km | 263 km |
| 5.7 | 18.05.1980 15:32 | 15 km | 274 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| -0.0 | 12.10.2026 21:58 | 2.5 km | 267 km |
| 0.2 | 12.10.2026 20:57 | 14.7 km | 275 km |
| -0.1 | 12.10.2026 19:59 | 2.1 km | 267 km |
| 0.1 | 12.10.2026 19:37 | 3.3 km | 267 km |
| -0.2 | 12.10.2026 18:59 | 1.9 km | 267 km |
| 0.7 | 12.10.2026 09:23 | 13.8 km | 242 km |
| 1.2 | 12.10.2026 09:01 | 12.6 km | 240 km |
| 0.2 | 12.10.2026 05:01 | 2.5 km | 267 km |
| 1.1 | 12.10.2026 03:01 | 13.2 km | 241 km |
| 0.4 | 11.10.2026 16:24 | 19.4 km | 259 km |
| 0.0 | 10.10.2026 20:57 | 11.4 km | 272 km |
| 0.9 | 10.10.2026 19:32 | 5.6 km | 299 km |
| 0.3 | 09.10.2026 16:40 | 1.8 km | 268 km |
| 0.3 | 09.10.2026 15:00 | 11.7 km | 272 km |
| -0.1 | 09.10.2026 09:07 | 12 km | 271 km |
| 0.3 | 09.10.2026 09:07 | 12.1 km | 272 km |
| 1.6 | 08.10.2026 23:32 | -0.5 km | 309 km |
| 1.1 | 08.10.2026 20:34 | -0.3 km | 241 km |
| 0.1 | 08.10.2026 17:31 | 3 km | 267 km |
| 1.2 | 08.10.2026 13:34 | 20.8 km | 313 km |
| 0.7 | 08.10.2026 02:53 | 2.5 km | 267 km |
| 0.4 | 08.10.2026 01:45 | 4.6 km | 165 km |
| 1.1 | 07.10.2026 22:47 | -0.6 km | 248 km |
| 0.2 | 07.10.2026 22:34 | 1.5 km | 268 km |
| 0.6 | 07.10.2026 21:50 | 16.9 km | 289 km |
| 0.1 | 07.10.2026 21:29 | 3.1 km | 267 km |
| 1.6 | 07.10.2026 20:15 | 17.4 km | 291 km |
| 0.1 | 07.10.2026 11:47 | 2.5 km | 267 km |
| 0.6 | 06.10.2026 22:03 | 17.4 km | 290 km |
| 1.8 | 06.10.2026 19:59 | 16.5 km | 291 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 17:33 | -1.4 km | 249 km |
| 0.1 | 06.10.2026 15:31 | 2.5 km | 267 km |
| 1.4 | 05.10.2026 18:24 | -0 km | 169 km |
| 0.8 | 05.10.2026 14:51 | 17.7 km | 290 km |
| 0.1 | 05.10.2026 09:26 | 0.8 km | 267 km |
| 0.1 | 05.10.2026 09:03 | 1.9 km | 267 km |
| -0.2 | 05.10.2026 04:19 | 6.4 km | 266 km |
| -0.0 | 05.10.2026 01:55 | 9.2 km | 274 km |
| 1.0 | 05.10.2026 01:11 | 9.9 km | 244 km |
| 1.4 | 04.10.2026 19:59 | 23.4 km | 253 km |
| 0.6 | 04.10.2026 09:25 | 17.2 km | 290 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 04:47 | 3.8 km | 273 km |
| 0.5 | 04.10.2026 04:34 | 2.7 km | 267 km |
| 1.8 | 03.10.2026 04:39 | 0.7 km | 258 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2026 03:25 | 1.5 km | 246 km |
| 1.4 | 02.10.2026 18:39 | 41.5 km | 282 km |
| 0.5 | 02.10.2026 08:16 | 1.8 km | 267 km |
| 1.5 | 01.10.2026 22:27 | -0.6 km | 188 km |
| 1.5 | 01.10.2026 20:03 | -0.6 km | 190 km |
| 0.3 | 01.10.2026 19:57 | 1.3 km | 267 km |
| 0.0 | 01.10.2026 19:34 | 1.1 km | 267 km |
| 1.1 | 01.10.2026 13:57 | -1.2 km | 245 km |
| 0.2 | 01.10.2026 11:59 | 2.3 km | 267 km |
| 1.6 | 01.10.2026 11:43 | 24.4 km | 211 km |
| 0.6 | 30.09.2026 16:32 | 1.4 km | 267 km |
| 0.2 | 30.09.2026 15:49 | 2.9 km | 267 km |
| -0.5 | 30.09.2026 12:40 | 5.3 km | 275 km |
| 0.5 | 30.09.2026 03:57 | 1.9 km | 267 km |
| 1.4 | 29.09.2026 21:59 | 32.6 km | 250 km |
| 2.1 | 29.09.2026 20:11 | -1.1 km | 249 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.