1.9
12,774
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1902–2026
record span
1.70
mean magnitude
12,235
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.6 | 26.07.1945 10:32 | 35 km | 431 km |
| 5.2 | 09.08.2020 12:07 | 10 km | 444 km |
| 5.2 | 21.02.1916 23:39 | — | 317 km |
| 5.0 | 25.03.1976 00:41 | 11 km | 391 km |
| 4.8 | 07.05.1927 08:28 | — | 398 km |
| 4.8 | 28.10.1923 17:10 | — | 400 km |
| 4.8 | 24.12.1970 10:17 | 12 km | 331 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.1938 03:34 | 1 km | 388 km |
| 4.7 | 04.11.1903 19:14 | — | 335 km |
| 4.7 | 20.08.1934 00:47 | — | 315 km |
| 4.7 | 30.11.1973 07:48 | 3 km | 183 km |
| 4.7 | 03.03.1963 17:30 | 9 km | 378 km |
| 4.6 | 11.02.1965 03:40 | 18 km | 341 km |
| 4.6 | 07.12.1915 18:40 | — | 297 km |
| 4.6 | 04.11.1903 18:18 | — | 326 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 10:50 | 11.2 km | 152 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 08:38 | 7 km | 323 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 23:18 | 10.1 km | 152 km |
| 2.0 | 07.10.2026 23:14 | 8.8 km | 326 km |
| 1.5 | 07.10.2026 03:57 | 7.3 km | 336 km |
| 0.9 | 06.10.2026 14:18 | 5.8 km | 322 km |
| 2.1 | 06.10.2026 10:05 | 20.6 km | 79 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 01:24 | 7.8 km | 337 km |
| 1.5 | 03.10.2026 16:39 | 16.6 km | 163 km |
| 2.3 | 03.10.2026 14:57 | 12.1 km | 343 km |
| 1.6 | 03.10.2026 07:31 | 7.9 km | 150 km |
| 2.2 | 02.10.2026 14:52 | 8.8 km | 342 km |
| 1.8 | 02.10.2026 13:06 | 11.8 km | 333 km |
| 1.6 | 30.09.2026 10:54 | 5.4 km | 319 km |
| 1.9 | 27.09.2026 05:05 | 8.2 km | 334 km |
| 2.0 | 27.09.2026 03:54 | 8.7 km | 316 km |
| 1.4 | 26.09.2026 01:09 | 5.3 km | 333 km |
| 1.3 | 23.09.2026 14:43 | 10.2 km | 330 km |
| 2.3 | 23.09.2026 13:35 | 9.4 km | 307 km |
| 1.4 | 21.09.2026 23:49 | 9.7 km | 327 km |
| 2.1 | 21.09.2026 01:29 | 9.8 km | 341 km |
| 1.8 | 19.09.2026 11:12 | 14.5 km | 311 km |
| 1.6 | 18.09.2026 03:06 | 7.9 km | 340 km |
| 1.8 | 16.09.2026 02:36 | 10.7 km | 354 km |
| 1.7 | 15.09.2026 12:02 | 5.5 km | 319 km |
| 1.4 | 15.09.2026 09:57 | 8.1 km | 331 km |
| 1.7 | 14.09.2026 04:16 | 9.3 km | 325 km |
| 2.1 | 13.09.2026 16:02 | 9.2 km | 166 km |
| 1.5 | 12.09.2026 22:43 | 10.5 km | 327 km |
| 1.2 | 12.09.2026 02:30 | 7.7 km | 336 km |
| 1.8 | 12.09.2026 02:23 | 8.1 km | 336 km |
| 1.2 | 11.09.2026 19:43 | 8.1 km | 336 km |
| 1.3 | 11.09.2026 12:58 | 7.9 km | 336 km |
| 1.7 | 11.09.2026 09:02 | 7.6 km | 340 km |
| 2.0 | 09.09.2026 13:58 | 16.5 km | 157 km |
| 2.1 | 09.09.2026 13:57 | 16.8 km | 157 km |
| 1.9 | 08.09.2026 15:36 | 9.9 km | 324 km |
| 1.7 | 06.09.2026 05:59 | 15 km | 238 km |
| 1.8 | 02.09.2026 23:25 | 2.7 km | 116 km |
| 2.4 | 02.09.2026 18:34 | 8.6 km | 116 km |
| 1.6 | 02.09.2026 17:53 | 12.1 km | 331 km |
| 2.1 | 01.09.2026 10:29 | 3.3 km | 287 km |
| 1.7 | 31.08.2026 22:54 | 7.9 km | 335 km |
| 1.6 | 29.08.2026 19:54 | 7.9 km | 330 km |
| 2.0 | 28.08.2026 09:37 | 7.5 km | 319 km |
| 1.8 | 26.08.2026 06:08 | 9.7 km | 325 km |
| 2.0 | 25.08.2026 20:44 | 10 km | 155 km |
| 1.5 | 25.08.2026 09:32 | 9.5 km | 325 km |
| 1.6 | 24.08.2026 04:31 | 10 km | 151 km |
| 1.8 | 24.08.2026 04:30 | 10.7 km | 151 km |
| 1.7 | 24.08.2026 02:53 | 7.8 km | 340 km |
| 2.0 | 23.08.2026 11:57 | 3.6 km | 317 km |
| 2.0 | 22.08.2026 11:24 | 6.2 km | 284 km |
| 1.7 | 17.08.2026 07:43 | 8.8 km | 325 km |
| 1.7 | 15.08.2026 10:36 | 9 km | 329 km |
| 2.2 | 15.08.2026 07:06 | 7.2 km | 347 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 10:51 | 7.3 km | 332 km |
| 1.8 | 14.08.2026 09:37 | 7 km | 333 km |
| 1.9 | 14.08.2026 09:31 | 7.4 km | 331 km |
| 2.1 | 13.08.2026 00:10 | 8.1 km | 325 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.