Indonesia vs Philippines: Number of significant earthquakes

Indonesia
5 events
in 2024
Philippines
3 events
in 2023
Indonesia rank
1st
Philippines rank
4th

Number of significant earthquakes over time

  • Indonesia
  • Philippines
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How they compare

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

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

The two have swapped places 38 times across 81 shared years of data; in 1754 it was Indonesia ahead.

Indonesia ranks 1st and Philippines 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.