Significant earthquakes by country
Countries reporting
97
Highest
5
Indonesia
Lowest
1
Egypt
Median
1
Years covered
1025
1000–2024
Data points
4,005
What the numbers show
Significant earthquakes is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 5 in Indonesia; the lowest is 1 in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 1.35.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 11 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in China (down 88.9%).
Significant earthquakes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 5 | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 4 | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Ukraine | 4 | 1927 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Philippines | 3 | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 3 | 2022 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 3 | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 2021 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Croatia | 2 | 2020 | — | rising |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 2003 | — | rising |
| 11 | India | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2006 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Venezuela | 2 | 2018 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 2 | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Nicaragua | 2 | 2016 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Fiji | 2 | 2018 | — | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | North Korea | 1 | 1727 | — | flat |
| 21 | Rwanda | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Portugal | 1 | 1998 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Panama | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Nepal | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mongolia | 1 | 1974 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Montenegro | 1 | 2018 | — | falling |
| 21 | Tanzania | 1 | 2019 | — | flat |
| 21 | Antarctica | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Taiwan | 1 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Martinique | 1 | 2007 | — | flat |
| 21 | Guadeloupe | 1 | 2005 | — | flat |
| 21 | South Africa | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Yemen | 1 | 1991 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Samoa | 1 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Vanuatu | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Vietnam | 1 | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2011 | — | rising |
| 21 | United States | 1 | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Romania | 1 | 2004 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 21 | Tunisia | 1 | 1962 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Tonga | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2000 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Tajikistan | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Syria | 1 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 21 | Slovenia | 1 | 2004 | — | flat |
| 21 | Serbia | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | El Salvador | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 1 | 2022 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Russia | 1 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Brazil | 1 | 2012 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Algeria | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 1 | 2014 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Cuba | 1 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Colombia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Congo | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | China | 1 | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 1 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 1 | 2006 | — | falling |
| 21 | Canada | 1 | 2017 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Ecuador | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Bolivia | 1 | 1998 | — | rising |
| 21 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 1 | 2012 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 2019 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Austria | 1 | 2024 | — | flat |
| 21 | Australia | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Armenia | 1 | 1998 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Argentina | 1 | 2021 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Albania | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Honduras | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | North Macedonia | 1 | 2016 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Morocco | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Lebanon | 1 | 2008 | — | flat |
| 21 | South Korea | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 2009 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Jamaica | 1 | 1988 | — | falling |
| 21 | Israel | 1 | 1927 | — | flat |
| 21 | Iceland | 1 | 2008 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | Iraq | 1 | 1991 | — | falling |
| 21 | Haiti | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Myanmar | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 21 | Guatemala | 1 | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Ghana | 1 | 1939 | — | flat |
| 21 | Georgia | 1 | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2008 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | France | 1 | 2023 | — | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Spain | 1 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 21 | Eritrea | 1 | 1921 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Egypt | 1 | 2002 | unchanged | flat |