Brazil vs Ghana: Number of significant earthquakes

Brazil

1 events

in 2012

Ghana

1 events

in 1939

Brazil rank

21st

Ghana rank

21st

Number of significant earthquakes over time

Brazil
Ghana

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Ghana, a difference of 0 events.

Brazil ranks 21st and Ghana ranks 21st of 97 countries.

Individual pages

Number of significant earthquakes in Brazil
Number of significant earthquakes in Ghana
Full country ranking

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.