Afghanistan vs Japan: Number of significant earthquakes

Afghanistan

4 events

in 2023

Japan

3 events

in 2024

Afghanistan rank

2nd

Japan rank

4th

Number of significant earthquakes over time

Afghanistan
Japan

How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 4 events against 3 events in Japan, a difference of 1 events.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1896 it was Japan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 4th 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: 07 August 2026

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.