Bulgaria vs Spain: Number of significant earthquakes

Bulgaria

1 events

in 2012

Spain

1 events

in 2011

Bulgaria rank

21st

Spain rank

21st

Number of significant earthquakes over time

Bulgaria
Spain

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 1 events against 1 events in Spain, a difference of 0 events.

Bulgaria ranks 21st and Spain ranks 21st of 97 countries.

Individual pages

Number of significant earthquakes in Bulgaria
Number of significant earthquakes in Spain
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.