1.7
82,988
recorded earthquakes
M6.5
largest
1906–2026
record span
1.50
mean magnitude
79,668
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | 16.08.1931 11:40 | 10 km | 411 km |
| 6.4 | 01.11.1928 04:12 | 10 km | 707 km |
| 5.8 | 16.07.1906 19:00 | — | 726 km |
| 5.8 | 15.11.1906 12:15 | — | 726 km |
| 5.7 | 03.09.2016 12:02 | 4.7 km | 659 km |
| 5.7 | 06.11.2011 03:53 | 7.5 km | 581 km |
| 5.7 | 14.04.1995 00:32 | 14.1 km | 333 km |
| 5.5 | 12.07.1906 12:15 | — | 726 km |
| 5.4 | 08.11.2023 10:27 | 8.8 km | 374 km |
| 5.3 | 16.11.2022 21:32 | 8.3 km | 376 km |
| 5.3 | 21.09.2013 12:16 | 11.5 km | 654 km |
| 5.3 | 23.01.1966 01:56 | 10 km | 919 km |
| 5.2 | 04.05.2025 01:47 | 8.6 km | 420 km |
| 5.2 | 16.12.2022 23:35 | 10.5 km | 225 km |
| 5.2 | 10.12.1967 19:30 | 0 km | 904 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 15:39 | 5.3 km | 418 km |
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 10:52 | 7.3 km | 417 km |
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 08:38 | 8.1 km | 280 km |
| 2.8 | 12.10.2026 08:24 | 6.3 km | 420 km |
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 07:33 | 6.1 km | 419 km |
| 1.7 | 12.10.2026 07:30 | 6.1 km | 420 km |
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 07:13 | 7.4 km | 281 km |
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 07:05 | 7.3 km | 478 km |
| 2.2 | 12.10.2026 06:59 | 7.8 km | 283 km |
| 1.5 | 12.10.2026 06:58 | 6.8 km | 428 km |
| 3.0 | 12.10.2026 05:38 | 10.1 km | 477 km |
| 1.6 | 12.10.2026 04:54 | 6.1 km | 394 km |
| 2.2 | 12.10.2026 04:48 | 8.1 km | 282 km |
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 04:44 | 6.4 km | 404 km |
| 1.6 | 12.10.2026 04:20 | 8.9 km | 242 km |
| 1.6 | 12.10.2026 01:44 | 8.1 km | 279 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 20:25 | 6.1 km | 394 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 18:40 | 7.8 km | 214 km |
| 1.4 | 11.10.2026 18:37 | 5.5 km | 318 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 18:21 | 4 km | 394 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 17:03 | 8.8 km | 281 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 16:08 | 5.7 km | 318 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 14:02 | 8.4 km | 281 km |
| 1.9 | 11.10.2026 13:54 | 5.9 km | 280 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 13:43 | 8.4 km | 139 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 13:37 | 8.2 km | 477 km |
| 1.8 | 11.10.2026 13:27 | 6.2 km | 418 km |
| 1.9 | 11.10.2026 12:50 | 7.5 km | 279 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 12:29 | 6.7 km | 200 km |
| 0.9 | 11.10.2026 11:45 | 7.8 km | 658 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 11:22 | 5.9 km | 417 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 10:57 | 6.4 km | 281 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 10:52 | 9.8 km | 278 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 09:16 | 6.8 km | 477 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 09:09 | 6.8 km | 419 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 09:03 | 6.4 km | 419 km |
| 1.8 | 11.10.2026 09:02 | 6.4 km | 419 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 08:49 | 6.1 km | 420 km |
| 1.8 | 11.10.2026 08:46 | 6.1 km | 420 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 08:44 | 7.4 km | 421 km |
| 2.2 | 11.10.2026 08:41 | 6.3 km | 417 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 08:38 | 6.5 km | 420 km |
| 2.4 | 11.10.2026 08:27 | 6.1 km | 419 km |
| 2.5 | 11.10.2026 08:12 | 6.4 km | 419 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 08:09 | 7.4 km | 418 km |
| 2.9 | 11.10.2026 08:06 | 8.7 km | 419 km |
| 3.8 | 11.10.2026 08:04 | 7.7 km | 419 km |
| 2.6 | 11.10.2026 08:02 | 9.3 km | 422 km |
| 1.6 | 11.10.2026 06:08 | 7.4 km | 305 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 06:00 | 7.5 km | 392 km |
| 0.7 | 11.10.2026 05:54 | 7.2 km | 477 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 05:46 | 7 km | 283 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 05:43 | 7.8 km | 280 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 04:35 | 5 km | 398 km |
| 2.1 | 11.10.2026 04:27 | 8.7 km | 227 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 03:39 | 8.2 km | 302 km |
| 0.8 | 11.10.2026 03:28 | 8.4 km | 476 km |
| 1.5 | 11.10.2026 03:05 | 6.1 km | 394 km |
| 1.8 | 11.10.2026 01:39 | 7.9 km | 280 km |
| 2.0 | 11.10.2026 00:31 | 6.4 km | 281 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.