Afghanistan vs Indonesia: Number of significant earthquakes

Afghanistan
4 events
in 2023
Indonesia
5 events
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
2nd
Indonesia rank
1st

Number of significant earthquakes over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 5 events against 4 events in Afghanistan, a difference of 1 events.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Indonesia ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 1st of 97 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Number of significant earthquakes
Unit
events
Source
National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
97 places, 4,005 data points, 1000–2024
Last refreshed

A significant earthquake meets at least one of the following: caused deaths, moderate damage ($1 million or more), a magnitude 7.5 or greater, Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) X or greater, or generated a tsunami. Due to data availability, recent data will be more complete than older historical estimates.