1.8
61,355
recorded earthquakes
M7.3
largest
1906–2026
record span
1.14
mean magnitude
50,780
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 | 18.08.1959 06:37 | 10 km | 327 km |
| 6.4 | 18.08.1959 15:26 | 10 km | 337 km |
| 6.2 | 23.11.1947 09:46 | 35 km | 393 km |
| 5.9 | 30.06.1975 18:54 | 4 km | 319 km |
| 5.8 | 19.08.1959 04:04 | 15 km | 391 km |
| 5.8 | 03.02.1994 09:05 | 5.7 km | 284 km |
| 5.7 | 30.08.1962 13:35 | 15 km | 341 km |
| 5.5 | 13.11.2025 01:27 | 374 km | 327 km |
| 5.5 | 07.04.1934 02:16 | — | 362 km |
| 5.5 | 08.12.1976 14:40 | 5 km | 329 km |
| 5.4 | 18.08.1959 11:03 | 15 km | 333 km |
| 5.3 | 09.08.1995 11:29 | 0 km | 46 km |
| 5.3 | 07.07.1995 16:42 | 0 km | 242 km |
| 5.3 | 19.10.1976 06:18 | 4 km | 328 km |
| 5.3 | 19.10.1976 07:24 | 5 km | 325 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | 12.10.2026 01:15 | 4.9 km | 281 km |
| 0.5 | 11.10.2026 21:36 | 3.2 km | 326 km |
| 0.6 | 11.10.2026 21:35 | 2.7 km | 326 km |
| 0.5 | 11.10.2026 21:35 | 1.8 km | 325 km |
| 1.2 | 10.10.2026 10:38 | 4.3 km | 291 km |
| 1.1 | 09.10.2026 08:55 | 4.8 km | 298 km |
| 0.7 | 09.10.2026 08:27 | 2 km | 298 km |
| 0.5 | 09.10.2026 07:11 | 2.5 km | 301 km |
| -0.2 | 09.10.2026 03:29 | 10.5 km | 351 km |
| 0.8 | 09.10.2026 03:21 | 9 km | 294 km |
| 0.3 | 08.10.2026 07:48 | 10.7 km | 352 km |
| 1.0 | 07.10.2026 12:12 | 12.7 km | 340 km |
| 0.5 | 06.10.2026 14:40 | 11.4 km | 358 km |
| 2.3 | 06.10.2026 04:57 | 13.9 km | 356 km |
| -0.2 | 05.10.2026 07:44 | 10.4 km | 347 km |
| 0.5 | 05.10.2026 03:36 | 8.2 km | 314 km |
| 0.5 | 05.10.2026 03:34 | 8.2 km | 314 km |
| 0.6 | 05.10.2026 00:28 | 15.9 km | 282 km |
| 1.0 | 04.10.2026 23:49 | 10.6 km | 340 km |
| 1.9 | 04.10.2026 23:32 | 12.3 km | 282 km |
| 1.4 | 04.10.2026 22:02 | 11 km | 340 km |
| 0.5 | 04.10.2026 12:03 | 2.1 km | 326 km |
| 0.5 | 03.10.2026 06:26 | 6.3 km | 343 km |
| 0.8 | 02.10.2026 01:33 | 5.2 km | 323 km |
| 2.8 | 01.10.2026 12:26 | -3.2 km | 248 km |
| 1.1 | 30.09.2026 08:58 | 8.3 km | 351 km |
| 0.5 | 30.09.2026 08:50 | 8.2 km | 351 km |
| -0.1 | 30.09.2026 06:17 | 8.1 km | 352 km |
| -0.1 | 29.09.2026 09:34 | 4.4 km | 357 km |
| 0.6 | 29.09.2026 08:43 | 9.6 km | 352 km |
| 0.5 | 29.09.2026 08:34 | 5 km | 314 km |
| 1.3 | 29.09.2026 07:42 | 12.3 km | 282 km |
| 0.9 | 28.09.2026 16:52 | 9.1 km | 285 km |
| 0.8 | 28.09.2026 13:55 | 11.8 km | 284 km |
| 1.8 | 28.09.2026 13:47 | 11.8 km | 284 km |
| -0.2 | 25.09.2026 10:18 | 9.3 km | 352 km |
| 3.1 | 25.09.2026 05:41 | -2.5 km | 248 km |
| 2.9 | 24.09.2026 21:34 | 0 km | 173 km |
| 0.0 | 24.09.2026 07:40 | 13.1 km | 355 km |
| 2.2 | 24.09.2026 06:08 | 10 km | 280 km |
| 0.2 | 23.09.2026 10:25 | 10.3 km | 342 km |
| 0.1 | 23.09.2026 09:51 | 11.4 km | 346 km |
| -0.1 | 23.09.2026 04:05 | 14.2 km | 354 km |
| 1.2 | 22.09.2026 17:22 | 7.7 km | 351 km |
| 0.4 | 22.09.2026 15:09 | 6.9 km | 351 km |
| 1.5 | 21.09.2026 20:33 | 13.7 km | 276 km |
| 0.5 | 21.09.2026 09:44 | 4.1 km | 334 km |
| 0.9 | 21.09.2026 05:54 | 5.3 km | 298 km |
| 0.4 | 21.09.2026 03:51 | 4.9 km | 331 km |
| -0.2 | 21.09.2026 00:30 | 9.2 km | 346 km |
| -0.2 | 20.09.2026 07:33 | 10.6 km | 350 km |
| -0.0 | 20.09.2026 06:55 | 4.9 km | 353 km |
| 1.6 | 20.09.2026 06:15 | 5.1 km | 335 km |
| -0.1 | 20.09.2026 03:40 | 5 km | 353 km |
| 0.1 | 19.09.2026 02:43 | 4.4 km | 351 km |
| 0.4 | 16.09.2026 18:11 | 4 km | 335 km |
| 1.1 | 16.09.2026 13:09 | 4.5 km | 332 km |
| 0.6 | 16.09.2026 12:44 | 4.9 km | 332 km |
| 0.5 | 16.09.2026 12:40 | 4.6 km | 332 km |
| 1.2 | 16.09.2026 12:34 | 4.9 km | 331 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.