4.8
8,992
recorded earthquakes
M7.8
largest
1900–2026
record span
3.77
mean magnitude
8,691
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 510 km |
| 7.7 | 29.10.1900 09:11 | 0 km | 513 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 471 km |
| 7.3 | 31.08.1917 11:36 | 35 km | 862 km |
| 7.3 | 21.08.2018 21:31 | 120.2 km | 628 km |
| 7.2 | 10.04.1911 18:42 | 100 km | 867 km |
| 7.2 | 23.01.1910 18:49 | 100 km | 916 km |
| 7.1 | 28.04.1911 09:52 | 600 km | 866 km |
| 6.9 | 09.07.1997 19:24 | 16.5 km | 556 km |
| 6.9 | 17.01.1929 11:45 | 10 km | 516 km |
| 6.8 | 29.07.1967 10:24 | 158.9 km | 715 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 481 km |
| 6.6 | 21.04.1957 21:12 | 25 km | 610 km |
| 6.6 | 22.04.1997 09:31 | 17.8 km | 821 km |
| 6.6 | 10.03.1988 06:17 | 38.8 km | 790 km |
Latest earthquakes
| Magnitude | Date | Depth | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | 13.10.2026 21:24 | 162.2 km | 710 km |
| 4.0 | 10.10.2026 13:32 | 10 km | 813 km |
| 5.0 | 02.10.2026 16:31 | 9.8 km | 637 km |
| 4.3 | 28.09.2026 14:42 | 155.2 km | 705 km |
| 4.3 | 24.09.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 638 km |
| 4.2 | 19.09.2026 08:36 | 10 km | 743 km |
| 3.8 | 16.09.2026 18:01 | 18.7 km | 755 km |
| 3.7 | 16.09.2026 07:08 | 112.8 km | 691 km |
| 4.5 | 16.09.2026 01:37 | 10 km | 558 km |
| 4.3 | 13.09.2026 17:55 | 153.8 km | 715 km |
| 4.7 | 08.09.2026 06:49 | 10 km | 556 km |
| 3.6 | 04.09.2026 05:06 | 79.8 km | 676 km |
| 5.0 | 03.09.2026 23:15 | 10 km | 635 km |
| 4.5 | 03.09.2026 16:58 | 144.7 km | 720 km |
| 3.7 | 29.08.2026 06:29 | 41.1 km | 700 km |
| 4.4 | 28.08.2026 00:38 | 10 km | 432 km |
| 3.5 | 27.08.2026 15:36 | 10 km | 568 km |
| 4.9 | 26.08.2026 16:45 | 159.9 km | 716 km |
| 3.6 | 23.08.2026 14:38 | 10 km | 864 km |
| 4.1 | 23.08.2026 06:08 | 80.3 km | 754 km |
| 4.0 | 23.08.2026 05:47 | 10 km | 492 km |
| 3.8 | 18.08.2026 07:07 | 17.4 km | 475 km |
| 4.2 | 16.08.2026 00:18 | 146.7 km | 720 km |
| 3.6 | 07.08.2026 21:47 | 10 km | 719 km |
| 3.5 | 05.08.2026 17:19 | 39.6 km | 750 km |
| 4.0 | 02.08.2026 18:38 | 44 km | 677 km |
| 4.5 | 02.08.2026 03:16 | 10 km | 512 km |
| 4.7 | 26.07.2026 02:13 | 10 km | 700 km |
| 4.6 | 23.07.2026 17:50 | 153.6 km | 706 km |
| 4.9 | 20.07.2026 10:55 | 81.8 km | 682 km |
| 5.2 | 20.07.2026 09:45 | 66 km | 848 km |
| 4.7 | 20.07.2026 01:44 | 160.4 km | 715 km |
| 3.7 | 15.07.2026 20:13 | 163.8 km | 715 km |
| 3.9 | 13.07.2026 19:59 | 97.1 km | 637 km |
| 4.5 | 08.07.2026 23:56 | 10 km | 504 km |
| 3.9 | 07.07.2026 08:41 | 133.6 km | 639 km |
| 3.2 | 29.06.2026 11:01 | 10 km | 483 km |
| 4.6 | 29.06.2026 11:01 | 10 km | 484 km |
| 3.4 | 28.06.2026 20:51 | 171.9 km | 693 km |
| 3.3 | 28.06.2026 09:33 | 0 km | 507 km |
| 3.5 | 28.06.2026 08:46 | 10 km | 501 km |
| 3.9 | 27.06.2026 19:20 | 10 km | 475 km |
| 4.3 | 27.06.2026 14:23 | 10 km | 467 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 22:16 | 10 km | 493 km |
| 4.0 | 26.06.2026 04:19 | 0 km | 505 km |
| 3.9 | 25.06.2026 10:29 | 0 km | 514 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 07:48 | 10 km | 474 km |
| 4.4 | 25.06.2026 05:48 | 10 km | 476 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 22:54 | 0 km | 492 km |
| 5.0 | 24.06.2026 22:54 | 10 km | 498 km |
| 4.0 | 24.06.2026 22:23 | 0 km | 514 km |
| 6.7 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 481 km |
| 7.5 | 24.06.2026 22:05 | 10 km | 471 km |
| 7.8 | 24.06.2026 22:04 | 0 km | 510 km |
| 3.5 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 485 km |
| 4.7 | 18.06.2026 01:23 | 10 km | 487 km |
| 4.6 | 17.06.2026 10:50 | 156.3 km | 715 km |
| 3.7 | 17.06.2026 04:11 | 155.8 km | 710 km |
| 3.9 | 14.06.2026 00:39 | 10 km | 470 km |
| 3.7 | 09.06.2026 08:24 | 0 km | 455 km |
Regions
Sucre1,308Zulia495Monagas477Apure299Lara282Delta Amacuro281Barinas253Falcón231Tachira230Anzoátegui226Merida213Trujillo191
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.