Afghanistan vs Mexico: Number of significant earthquakes

Afghanistan
4 events
in 2023
Mexico
3 events
in 2022
Afghanistan rank
2nd
Mexico rank
4th

Number of significant earthquakes over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Mexico
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How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1874 it was Mexico ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 2nd and Mexico 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

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.