4.7
18,128
recorded earthquakes
M8.0
largest
1903–2026
record span
4.45
mean magnitude
15,942
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0 | 17.12.2024 01:53 | 34.7 km | 39 km |
| 7.9 | 13.05.1903 06:34 | 0 km | 23 km |
| 7.9 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 529 km |
| 7.9 | 16.06.1910 06:30 | 100 km | 317 km |
| 7.8 | 07.10.2009 22:18 | 35 km | 535 km |
| 7.8 | 17.12.1957 13:50 | 123.6 km | 533 km |
| 7.8 | 20.09.1920 14:39 | 25 km | 348 km |
| 7.7 | 17.07.1980 19:42 | 40.4 km | 544 km |
| 7.7 | 21.04.1997 12:02 | 54.2 km | 511 km |
| 7.6 | 07.10.2009 22:03 | 36 km | 478 km |
| 7.6 | 20.05.1965 00:40 | 50 km | 271 km |
| 7.6 | 11.08.1965 22:31 | 34.7 km | 171 km |
| 7.6 | 14.10.1913 08:08 | 125 km | 246 km |
| 7.5 | 10.11.1913 21:12 | 80 km | 142 km |
| 7.5 | 01.06.1910 05:55 | 80 km | 347 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 11.10.2026 05:07 | 10.6 km | 250 km |
| 5.4 | 09.10.2026 13:51 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 6.3 | 08.10.2026 09:00 | 10 km | 160 km |
| 4.6 | 05.10.2026 11:47 | 35 km | 180 km |
| 4.8 | 29.09.2026 11:27 | 10 km | 157 km |
| 4.8 | 17.09.2026 06:32 | 36.7 km | 78 km |
| 4.7 | 16.09.2026 09:41 | 60.7 km | 248 km |
| 4.9 | 13.09.2026 19:41 | 10 km | 365 km |
| 5.2 | 13.09.2026 07:19 | 135.1 km | 212 km |
| 4.5 | 12.09.2026 15:56 | 174.8 km | 273 km |
| 4.1 | 11.09.2026 13:21 | 112.6 km | 362 km |
| 4.9 | 11.09.2026 02:28 | 18.7 km | 251 km |
| 4.9 | 09.09.2026 19:15 | 10 km | 365 km |
| 5.1 | 09.09.2026 17:18 | 10 km | 369 km |
| 5.2 | 09.09.2026 17:01 | 10 km | 368 km |
| 5.2 | 08.09.2026 00:52 | 10 km | 379 km |
| 4.6 | 05.09.2026 23:46 | 240.4 km | 241 km |
| 4.7 | 05.09.2026 21:06 | 10 km | 384 km |
| 5.6 | 05.09.2026 17:02 | 10 km | 377 km |
| 4.4 | 05.09.2026 12:55 | 166.3 km | 305 km |
| 4.8 | 03.09.2026 13:47 | 112.7 km | 371 km |
| 5.4 | 02.09.2026 21:22 | 93.1 km | 389 km |
| 5.0 | 01.09.2026 18:37 | 122.5 km | 427 km |
| 5.0 | 28.08.2026 08:32 | 10 km | 255 km |
| 4.2 | 26.08.2026 22:04 | 255.3 km | 245 km |
| 4.5 | 26.08.2026 19:50 | 10 km | 346 km |
| 4.6 | 26.08.2026 15:31 | 33.5 km | 84 km |
| 5.0 | 20.08.2026 00:20 | 72.9 km | 386 km |
| 6.1 | 16.08.2026 03:20 | 188.1 km | 291 km |
| 4.7 | 15.08.2026 04:59 | 272.3 km | 412 km |
| 4.8 | 10.08.2026 08:34 | 10 km | 367 km |
| 5.0 | 27.07.2026 20:10 | 10 km | 273 km |
| 5.0 | 24.07.2026 23:44 | 10 km | 356 km |
| 4.9 | 24.07.2026 22:39 | 10 km | 354 km |
| 5.8 | 24.07.2026 21:37 | 10 km | 364 km |
| 5.2 | 24.07.2026 21:19 | 16 km | 354 km |
| 4.7 | 24.07.2026 14:28 | 165 km | 164 km |
| 4.5 | 23.07.2026 13:21 | 10 km | 366 km |
| 5.1 | 22.07.2026 21:42 | 10 km | 251 km |
| 4.8 | 21.07.2026 22:33 | 146 km | 119 km |
| 4.9 | 21.07.2026 19:29 | 10 km | 351 km |
| 4.4 | 21.07.2026 15:29 | 257 km | 245 km |
| 4.9 | 20.07.2026 12:53 | 153.7 km | 309 km |
| 3.6 | 16.07.2026 15:19 | 139.7 km | 148 km |
| 4.3 | 15.07.2026 15:09 | 0 km | 181 km |
| 3.9 | 14.07.2026 19:23 | 122.2 km | 296 km |
| 4.2 | 12.07.2026 03:04 | 124 km | 241 km |
| 4.0 | 11.07.2026 17:23 | 0 km | 410 km |
| 4.3 | 11.07.2026 12:48 | 10 km | 147 km |
| 3.7 | 11.07.2026 11:30 | 116.9 km | 186 km |
| 3.6 | 10.07.2026 19:43 | 67.6 km | 276 km |
| 3.9 | 10.07.2026 07:45 | 0 km | 353 km |
| 3.7 | 09.07.2026 14:40 | 0 km | 364 km |
| 4.5 | 09.07.2026 12:52 | 172.3 km | 287 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 11:56 | 184.9 km | 263 km |
| 3.6 | 09.07.2026 08:31 | 0 km | 92 km |
| 3.6 | 08.07.2026 15:49 | 0 km | 239 km |
| 4.0 | 08.07.2026 14:36 | 0 km | 364 km |
| 4.7 | 08.07.2026 11:45 | 36.1 km | 377 km |
| 5.4 | 08.07.2026 11:42 | 22 km | 357 km |
Regions
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.