Indonesia vs Japan: Number of significant earthquakes

Indonesia

5 events

in 2024

Japan

3 events

in 2024

Indonesia rank

1st

Japan rank

4th

Number of significant earthquakes over time

Indonesia
Japan

How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 5 events against 3 events in Japan, a difference of 2 events.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 45 times across 105 shared years of data; in 1646 it was Japan ahead.

Indonesia ranks 1st 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.