Updated AFAD

Earthquakes in Turkey today

AFAD located 71 earthquakes in and around Turkey in the past 24 hours. The strongest, magnitude 3.2, was recorded in Kale, Malatya at . Over the past 12 months Turkey had 42,315 earthquakes: about one every 12 minutes.

See the live map

Live

Every earthquake, as it happens

The map and the list update themselves from AFAD’s catalogue every few minutes, quakes at sea and across the border included. Pick a quake to see where it struck.

Period
Magnitude
71Earthquakes63In Turkey1Magnitude 3+0Magnitude 4+3.2Strongest
< 223456+
71 quakes
Latest earthquakes, newest first
2.0Kırkağaç, ManisaBademli23 Oct7 km
1.3Pütürge, MalatyaKavaklıdere23 Oct7 km
2.6Gökçeada, Çanakkale Open seaAegean Sea23 Oct7 km
1.8Özalp, VanYumruklu23 Oct15 km
1.4Sındırgı, BalıkesirAktaş23 Oct11.5 km
1.6Kırkağaç, ManisaBademli23 Oct7 km
1.0Ulubey, UşakGümüşkol23 Oct7 km
0.9Ulubey, UşakKışla23 Oct7 km
1.0Ulubey, UşakSöğütlü23 Oct4.9 km
1.6Sındırgı, BalıkesirYüreğil23 Oct7 km
2.2Datça, Muğla Open seaAegean Sea, 72 km away23 Oct21.9 km
3.0Datça, Muğla Open seaAegean Sea, 368 km away23 Oct6.5 km
1.6Simav, KütahyaKarakoca23 Oct7 km
1.1Battalgazi, MalatyaYaygın23 Oct7 km
1.2Milas, MuğlaKarakuyu23 Oct7 km
1.3Şarköy, TekirdağSea of Marmara, 2 km away23 Oct7.1 km
1.8Refahiye, ErzincanBakacak23 Oct7 km
1.8Akyurt, AnkaraKızık23 Oct7 km
1.4Erdemli, MersinSinap23 Oct7 km
1.3Sumbas, OsmaniyeBağdaş Yaylası23 Oct7 km
1.0Merkez, BayburtGökler23 Oct7 km
1.8Simav, KütahyaHamzabey23 Oct12.6 km
1.6Iraq AbroadSimele, Duhok23 Oct7 km
1.4Bala, AnkaraAşağıhacıbekir23 Oct7 km
1.2Yatağan, MuğlaBencik23 Oct7 km
1.0Söke, AydınKöprüalan23 Oct7 km
1.0Yeşilyurt, MalatyaGörgü23 Oct7 km
1.0Çelebi, KırıkkaleBarbaros23 Oct7 km
1.0Urla, IzmirÖzbek23 Oct10.1 km
0.7Merkez, KırşehirNasuhdede23 Oct7 km
0.8Sındırgı, BalıkesirAlakır23 Oct7 km
0.8Merkez, KırşehirKarahıdır23 Oct7 km
1.2Yahşihan, KırıkkaleAlaaddin23 Oct7 km
1.4Simav, KütahyaYemişli23 Oct15.1 km
2.2Sındırgı, BalıkesirAslandede23 Oct11.1 km
1.7Döşemealtı, AntalyaBıyıklı23 Oct7 km
1.8Yatağan, MuğlaDoğanköy23 Oct7 km
2.5Silifke, MersinMediterranean, 10 km away23 Oct19.9 km
1.1Burhaniye, BalıkesirAegean Sea, 7 km away23 Oct7.1 km
2.0Beypazarı, AnkaraHırkatepe23 Oct6.8 km
1.2Bozkır, KonyaTahtalı23 Oct6.8 km
1.6Merkez, BilecikErtuğrulgazi23 Oct7 km
1.2Bandırma, BalıkesirSea of Marmara, 3 km away23 Oct7.2 km
1.3Şaphane, KütahyaKızılkoltuk23 Oct7 km
1.6Pınarbaşı, KayseriAltıkesek23 Oct6.8 km
0.8Buharkent, AydınKızıldere23 Oct7 km
1.2Yeşilyurt, Malatyaİkizce23 Oct7 km
1.4Ayvalık, Balıkesir Open seaAegean Sea, 31 km away23 Oct7 km
1.2Alanya, Antalya Open seaMediterranean, 50 km away23 Oct14.7 km
0.7Simav, KütahyaKoyunoba23 Oct6.8 km
1.2Seferihisar, Izmir Open seaAegean Sea, 39 km away23 Oct7.1 km
1.2Marmaris, Muğla Open seaMediterranean, 91 km away23 Oct6.9 km
0.8Çameli, DenizliGürsu23 Oct7 km
1.3Sındırgı, BalıkesirMandıra23 Oct7 km
1.7Gemlik, BursaŞahinyurdu23 Oct8.9 km
3.2Kale, MalatyaÇanakçı23 Oct7.7 km
1.9Sındırgı, BalıkesirKocakonak23 Oct7.6 km
1.5Biga, ÇanakkalePaşaçayı23 Oct7 km
0.9Çivril, DenizliKarayahşiler23 Oct7 km
0.9Sincik, AdıyamanAksu23 Oct7 km
1.5Pınarbaşı, KayseriYukarıborandere22 Oct6.8 km
1.2Merkez, ElazığŞehsuvar22 Oct7 km
1.1Sındırgı, BalıkesirIşıklar22 Oct6.1 km
1.2Arguvan, MalatyaKömürlük22 Oct6.9 km
1.2Nurhak, KahramanmaraşAğcaşar22 Oct7.5 km
1.5Döşemealtı, AntalyaKaraman22 Oct6.2 km
1.3Saimbeyli, AdanaDeğirmenciuşağı22 Oct10 km
0.9Simav, KütahyaCumhuriyet22 Oct7.4 km
2.4Gazipaşa, AntalyaMediterranean, 26 km away22 Oct14.1 km
1.1Doğanşehir, MalatyaKapıdere22 Oct7 km
1.1Simav, KütahyaÖrenli22 Oct7 km
Checked · updates itself every minute
Past 12 months

Turkey had 42,315 earthquakes in a year

From to , AFAD located 42,315 earthquakes in Turkey. Most were far too small to feel: 928 reached magnitude 3 and 118 magnitude 4 or more.

Earthquakes in Turkey

42,315

45,207 with seas and neighbours

Magnitude 4 or more

118

on 79 different days

Strongest

6.1

Sındırgı, Balıkesir

Busiest day

549

strongest M4.8

Every day of the year

Earthquakes a day in Turkey, by Türkiye time. Point at a day for its count and its strongest quake.

FewerMore

How often

12 min

On average an earthquake struck Turkey every 12 minutes, day and night: about 116 a day.

One quake’s share of the energy

50%

The M6.1 earthquake in Sındırgı, Balıkesir on released 50% of the seismic energy of all 42,315 quakes. The ten largest released 79%.

Most active district

14,440

Sındırgı, Balıkesir alone recorded 14,440 earthquakes, 34% of Turkey’s total. Its strongest was M6.1.

Mostly shallow

84%

Shallow quakes shake the surface harder. 84% of these began less than 10 km down; just 28 started deeper than 70 km.

More at night?

+28%

Seismographs catch 28% more small quakes between midnight and 6 am than in working hours, when traffic and machinery drown out the faintest. For magnitude 2.5 and up the gap shrinks to 14%.

Bigger means rarer

≈9×

Each whole step up in magnitude came about 9 times less often (810 of magnitude 3, 108 of 4, 9 of 5), while releasing about 32 times more energy.

When quakes are recorded

Share of each hour of the day over the past 12 months, Türkiye time.

All quakesMagnitude 2.5+
Magnitude & depth

How strong, how deep

Magnitude measures the energy an earthquake releases; depth, how far below the surface it began. Turkey’s quakes of the past 12 months, on a log scale so the rare strong ones show.

Earthquakes by magnitude

Count and share of all quakes in Turkey, with how each size usually feels.

  1. Under 1Recorded by instruments only3,6328.6%
  2. 1–2Not felt31,61974.7%
  3. 2–3Rarely felt6,13614.5%
  4. 3–4Often felt indoors, no damage8101.9%
  5. 4–5Felt by most; objects rattle1080.26%
  6. 5–6Can damage weak buildings90.02%
  7. 6 and aboveCan cause serious damage10.00%

Earthquakes by depth

How far below the surface each quake began.

  1. Under 10 km35,69684.4%
  2. 10–20 km6,37915.1%
  3. 20–30 km1200.28%
  4. 30–50 km620.15%
  5. 50–70 km300.07%
  6. 70–150 km280.07%
  7. 150 km and above00.0%

Each whole step of magnitude releases about 32 times more energy: one magnitude 6 earthquake releases about as much as 1,000 of magnitude 4.

By province

Where the ground shook most

Earthquakes of the past 12 months by province, placed by AFAD’s nearest district. Balıkesir led with 15,423, 36% of the national total. Pick a province for its strongest and latest quakes.

FewerMore
Pick a province on the map or in the lists.

Most active

  1. 115,423
  2. 23,832
  3. 32,895
  4. 42,360
  5. 51,606
  6. 61,233
  7. 71,196
  8. 8921
  9. 9883
  10. 10845

Quietest

  1. 13
  2. 24
  3. 35
  4. 47
  5. 59
  6. 69
  7. 79
  8. 813
  9. 914
  10. 1016
Earthquakes by province in the past 12 months
1015,423408516.1
443,8324885.6
432,8953124.8
462,3604684.7
481,6062003.9
201,2333855.1
451,1961903.9
359212203.7
018832785.2
238452034.7
177702034.0
06768514.1
027141914.2
385612014.1
254541003.5
803951824.4
42380603.5
653571625.2
243561044.9
123321014.4
09325503.9
58311603.7
072991334.9
14295203.5
16282703.9
31262934.2
60261615.5
03254403.5
34228203.4
59208303.3
19188114.0
27179434.6
64172001.9
71168002.8
49138314.1
04133614.3
62128414.2
33127603.9
32114002.7
18111414.2
77108203.5
21104414.0
15102002.9
1392203.6
4089103.4
6683002.6
5482303.1
8174203.6
6374115.4
2673002.7
2962002.5
5157103.8
3651203.0
3748002.6
3946001.6
0544203.6
3043103.1
1140103.3
4739002.1
5638002.8
6837002.4
6937002.7
7334103.2
0833002.2
2831103.3
7530103.9
5529214.0
6129103.8
7222002.5
7020001.9
7816103.7
5316002.3
7414002.5
2213002.0
769002.9
419001.5
509001.9
527002.2
575103.1
674001.2
793001.7

Most active districts

  1. Sındırgı, BalıkesirM3+ 400 · strongest 6.114,440
  2. Simav, KütahyaM3+ 27 · strongest 4.82,443
  3. Yeşilyurt, MalatyaM3+ 4 · strongest 3.6827
  4. Göksun, KahramanmaraşM3+ 18 · strongest 4.2817
  5. Pütürge, MalatyaM3+ 11 · strongest 4.5670
  6. Battalgazi, MalatyaM3+ 16 · strongest 5.6593
  7. Akçadağ, MalatyaM3+ 8 · strongest 4.1579
  8. Doğanşehir, MalatyaM3+ 4 · strongest 3.6533
  9. Saimbeyli, AdanaM3+ 21 · strongest 5.2503
  10. Elbistan, KahramanmaraşM3+ 6 · strongest 4.7417

At sea

  1. Aegean Sea1,271 near the coast · strongest 5.92,467
  2. Mediterranean266 near the coast · strongest 5.41,218
  3. Sea of Marmara751 near the coast · strongest 3.9751
  4. Black Sea57 near the coast · strongest 4.3113

Near-coast quakes (within 30 km, and all in the Sea of Marmara) also count in Turkey’s totals.

Across the border

  1. Syriastrongest 3.9185
  2. Iranstrongest 5.2107
  3. Georgiastrongest 4.192
  4. Iraqstrongest 4.777
  5. Cyprusstrongest 3.655
  6. Bulgariastrongest 2.854
  7. Greecestrongest 5.153
  8. Armeniastrongest 4.223
History

Strong earthquakes since 2000

Earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above in Turkey each year. 2023 stands out with 734, the year of the M7.7 earthquake in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş; a typical year has about 71.

4–55–66+Typical year (median)

2026 so far: 67 earthquakes of magnitude 4+, fewer than the 88 average for the same dates over the past 26 years (median 57).

Since the last magnitude 6+

360 days

Sındırgı, Balıkesir ·

Since the last magnitude 7+

1,355 days

Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş ·

Magnitude 6+ since 1990

22

Strongest: M7.7, Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş,

Every magnitude 6+ earthquake since 1990

In Turkey or near its coast, from AFAD’s catalogue. Magnitudes before 2008 mix several scales.

  1. 6.1Sındırgı, Balıkesir
  2. 6.1Sındırgı, Balıkesir
  3. 6.2Off Silivri, Istanbul
  4. 6.4Yayladağı, Hatay
  5. 7.6Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş
  6. 6.6Nurdağı, Gaziantep
  7. 7.7Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş
  8. 6.6Off Seferihisar, Izmir
  9. 6.8Sivrice, Elazığ
  10. 6.0Bozkurt, Denizli
  11. 6.5Off Bodrum, Muğla
  12. 6.2Off Karaburun, Izmir
  13. 6.0Off Fethiye, Muğla
  14. 6.7Tuşba, Van
  15. 6.1Merkez, Bingöl
  16. 6.4Pülümür, Tunceli
  17. 6.1Sultandağı, Afyonkarahisar
  18. 7.2Merkez, Düzce
  19. 7.4Başiskele, Kocaeli
  20. 6.0Pülümür, Tunceli
  21. 6.1Pülümür, Tunceli
  22. 7.0Otlukbeli, Erzincan

Year by year

Earthquakes in Turkey by magnitude, and each year’s strongest.

YearMagnitude 4+Magnitude 5+Magnitude 6+Strongest
2026 to date67905.6Battalgazi, Malatya
2025168936.2Off Silivri, Istanbul
2024107705.9Kale, Malatya
20237345947.7Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş
202261605.9Gölyaka, Düzce
202160605.2Kiğı, Bingöl
20201661826.8Sivrice, Elazığ
201972516.0Bozkurt, Denizli
201851105.1Samsat, Adıyaman
20171471626.5Off Bodrum, Muğla
201648105.0Çiçekdağı, Kırşehir
201571405.3Kiğı, Bingöl
201476205.3Off Eceabat, Çanakkale
201367205.3Off Gökçeada, Çanakkale
20121521216.0Off Fethiye, Muğla
20112702116.7Tuşba, Van
201069705.8Palu, Elazığ
200936105.0Pütürge, Malatya
200856405.1Off Gökçeada, Çanakkale
200771805.6Bala, Ankara
200635205.2Bandırma, Balıkesir
2005791105.9Karlıova, Bingöl
2004771005.3Aşkale, Erzurum
2003701126.4Pülümür, Tunceli
200234416.1Sultandağı, Afyonkarahisar
200126405.1Merkez, Osmaniye
200045705.9Orta, Çankırı
Be prepared

What to do when the ground shakes

AFAD’s basic advice, in short. In an emergency, call 112.

Drop, cover, hold on

Get down on your hands and knees, cover your head and neck (under a sturdy table if you can) and hold on until the shaking stops. Keep away from windows; do not run outside or use the lift.

When the shaking stops

Check yourself and others for injuries. If you smell gas, turn it off and open the windows. Leave a damaged building carefully, by the stairs, and expect aftershocks.

Know your assembly area

Look up the emergency assembly area nearest your home on e-Devlet now, before you need it, and agree on it with your family.

Find it on e-Devlet

Emergency number: 112

One free number for ambulance, fire and police anywhere in Turkey. Keep calls short, and send messages to keep the lines free for others.

Keep a ready bag

Water, long-lasting food, a torch, a whistle, a power bank, a first-aid kit, copies of your documents and the medicines you take.

Questions

Questions about earthquakes in Turkey

Was there an earthquake in Turkey today?

Yes. In the 24 hours to , AFAD located 71 earthquakes in and around Turkey, 1 of them of magnitude 3 or more. The strongest was an M3.2 earthquake in Kale, Malatya at . Most quakes are too small to feel; the list above updates itself every few minutes.

How many earthquakes does Turkey have in a year?

In the 12 months to , AFAD located 42,315 earthquakes in Turkey, about one every 12 minutes. Most were tiny: 928 reached magnitude 3, 118 magnitude 4 and 10 magnitude 5 or more.

Which province has the most earthquakes?

Over the past 12 months Balıkesir had the most, 15,423 (36% of Turkey’s total), followed by Malatya (3,832) and Kütahya (2,895). Counts like these jump after a strong quake, because its aftershocks are counted too.

When was the last big earthquake in Turkey?

The last earthquake of magnitude 6 or more was the M6.1 earthquake in Sındırgı, Balıkesir on . The latest of magnitude 5 or more was the M5.2 earthquake in Saimbeyli, Adana on .

What was the strongest earthquake in Turkey since 1990?

It was the M7.7 earthquake in Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş on , the strongest in AFAD’s catalogue since 1990. The next strongest was the M7.6 earthquake in Elbistan, Kahramanmaraş on . In all, Turkey has had 22 earthquakes of magnitude 6 or more since 1990.

Are there more earthquakes than usual in 2026?

No. By , Turkey had 67 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or more in 2026, below the average of 88 for the same dates since 2000 (the median is 57). The average is pulled up by exceptional years such as 2023, which had 734 in all.

When was the last earthquake in Istanbul?

AFAD placed 228 earthquakes in Istanbul province in the past 12 months (2 of magnitude 3 or more); the latest was on . The Sea of Marmara as a whole had 751. Since 1990, the strongest earthquake placed in Istanbul was the M6.2 earthquake off Silivri, Istanbul on .

Why do AFAD and Kandilli give different numbers?

AFAD, the government’s disaster agency, and Boğaziçi University’s Kandilli Observatory run separate seismic networks and calculate each quake on their own. The same earthquake can therefore appear with a slightly different magnitude, time or location, and small quakes may be listed by one and not the other. This page uses AFAD’s catalogue throughout.

What should I do during an earthquake?

Drop to your hands and knees, cover your head and neck, ideally under a sturdy table, and hold on until the shaking stops. Keep away from windows and do not use the lift. Afterwards, check for injuries and gas leaks, leave damaged buildings carefully and go to your emergency assembly area. In an emergency, call 112.

Sources

Where the data comes from

  • AFAD earthquake catalogue

    Every event with its time, magnitude, depth and location, from Türkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority. Checked every five minutes.

    Updated 23 Oct, 21:20

  • Year and history statistics

    Worked out daily by Turkpidya from the same catalogue: every event of the past 12 months, and every magnitude 4+ since 1990.

    Covers 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026

  • Open data API

    The same numbers as JSON, for developers.

    /v1/quakes/recent · /v1/quakes/overview · /v1/quakes/map

Method

Quakes count as in Turkey when they strike on land (lakes and reservoirs included), in the Sea of Marmara, at a Turkish island, or at sea within 30 km of the nearest Turkish district, but not at a foreign island; provinces count them by AFAD’s nearest district. Days and hours are Türkiye time. Magnitudes are AFAD’s own and can differ from other agencies’ figures for the same quake; before 2008 AFAD mixed several magnitude scales, so older counts are indicative. Energy uses log10 E = 1.5 M + 4.8 (joules).