2.1
73,455
recorded earthquakes
M6.6
largest
1900–2026
record span
1.38
mean magnitude
71,413
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.6 | 14.11.1901 04:39 | — | 133 km |
| 6.5 | 12.03.1934 15:05 | 10 km | 235 km |
| 6.3 | 17.11.1902 19:50 | — | 288 km |
| 6.0 | 21.02.2008 14:16 | 8.9 km | 339 km |
| 6.0 | 12.03.1934 18:20 | 35 km | 264 km |
| 5.9 | 28.03.1975 02:31 | 1.4 km | 294 km |
| 5.7 | 30.08.1962 13:35 | 15 km | 274 km |
| 5.6 | 18.03.2020 13:09 | 8.9 km | 144 km |
| 5.6 | 02.09.1992 10:26 | 16.1 km | 327 km |
| 5.6 | 21.07.1959 17:39 | — | 309 km |
| 5.6 | 06.10.1909 02:41 | — | 275 km |
| 5.5 | 06.05.1934 08:09 | 35 km | 280 km |
| 5.5 | 07.04.1934 02:16 | — | 223 km |
| 5.4 | 19.11.1937 00:50 | — | 353 km |
| 5.3 | 16.08.1966 18:02 | 7.4 km | 320 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | 12.10.2026 17:47 | 4.4 km | 161 km |
| 1.3 | 12.10.2026 12:34 | 1.4 km | 32 km |
| 1.9 | 12.10.2026 10:20 | 3.3 km | 160 km |
| 1.4 | 12.10.2026 09:20 | 6 km | 162 km |
| 2.2 | 11.10.2026 19:18 | 2.9 km | 160 km |
| 1.7 | 11.10.2026 14:02 | 3 km | 161 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 13:24 | 3.2 km | 160 km |
| 1.2 | 11.10.2026 07:24 | 3.1 km | 160 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 07:07 | 3.1 km | 160 km |
| 1.9 | 10.10.2026 23:17 | 2.8 km | 160 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 23:14 | 11.2 km | 153 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 21:08 | 3.4 km | 160 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 19:32 | 3.3 km | 160 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 19:30 | 3.1 km | 160 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 18:12 | 2.9 km | 161 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 17:48 | 3.2 km | 161 km |
| 1.7 | 10.10.2026 17:08 | 3.2 km | 160 km |
| 0.8 | 10.10.2026 16:21 | 2.6 km | 160 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 16:04 | 16.1 km | 292 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 15:15 | 3 km | 161 km |
| 1.6 | 10.10.2026 14:21 | 2.9 km | 161 km |
| 0.9 | 10.10.2026 13:40 | 3.1 km | 161 km |
| 1.6 | 10.10.2026 13:28 | 3.2 km | 160 km |
| 0.9 | 10.10.2026 13:12 | 3 km | 160 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 09:44 | 3 km | 160 km |
| 0.7 | 10.10.2026 09:28 | 3.2 km | 160 km |
| 1.6 | 10.10.2026 07:50 | 3.5 km | 160 km |
| 1.5 | 10.10.2026 07:19 | 2.9 km | 161 km |
| 0.9 | 10.10.2026 07:14 | 3.1 km | 161 km |
| 1.3 | 10.10.2026 06:51 | 3 km | 160 km |
| 1.1 | 10.10.2026 06:17 | 2.9 km | 160 km |
| 1.0 | 10.10.2026 04:08 | 2.8 km | 161 km |
| 1.4 | 10.10.2026 03:32 | 3 km | 161 km |
| 0.3 | 09.10.2026 09:31 | 4.5 km | 22 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 09:29 | 9.2 km | 23 km |
| 1.2 | 09.10.2026 00:31 | 8.1 km | 270 km |
| 1.3 | 08.10.2026 15:00 | -3.4 km | 58 km |
| 2.1 | 07.10.2026 06:21 | 12.7 km | 298 km |
| 0.8 | 07.10.2026 05:55 | 4.1 km | 161 km |
| 1.3 | 07.10.2026 01:16 | 1.4 km | 161 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 22:49 | 14 km | 27 km |
| 1.2 | 06.10.2026 21:36 | 4.8 km | 255 km |
| 1.1 | 06.10.2026 20:40 | 7.7 km | 146 km |
| 1.6 | 06.10.2026 19:13 | -1.6 km | 35 km |
| 0.7 | 06.10.2026 15:00 | 4.2 km | 162 km |
| 1.4 | 06.10.2026 14:52 | 4 km | 162 km |
| 2.3 | 06.10.2026 04:57 | 13.9 km | 167 km |
| 1.9 | 06.10.2026 01:27 | 15.3 km | 292 km |
| 1.2 | 05.10.2026 23:39 | -2 km | 27 km |
| 1.9 | 05.10.2026 18:10 | 3.6 km | 163 km |
| 0.7 | 05.10.2026 17:21 | 3.8 km | 162 km |
| 1.3 | 05.10.2026 16:28 | 3.8 km | 162 km |
| 1.4 | 05.10.2026 14:08 | 3.7 km | 163 km |
| 0.2 | 05.10.2026 12:06 | 11.5 km | 279 km |
| 1.2 | 04.10.2026 21:59 | 2.1 km | 190 km |
| 1.3 | 04.10.2026 21:36 | 3.6 km | 162 km |
| 0.5 | 04.10.2026 21:32 | 10.5 km | 263 km |
| 1.8 | 04.10.2026 21:15 | 3.8 km | 162 km |
| 1.5 | 04.10.2026 21:14 | 3.7 km | 162 km |
| 0.1 | 04.10.2026 17:35 | 1.4 km | 290 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.