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- The strength of an earthquake is measured in magnitude (M), using either the well-known Richter Scale or an updated/renamed variant such as the Local Magnitude scale (ML) or the moment magnitude scale (Mw?), all of which are functionally interchangeable to the casual user.
- The World Risk Index (WRI) determines the risk of becoming a victim of a disaster as a result of vulnerability and natural hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, storms, floods, droughts and sea level rise for 172 countries worldwide.
- 2024 totals are for the partial year of Jan. 01 to mid-March.
Country | # of Quakes 4.0 or Higher (10-yr annual avg) | Strongest Quake Past 10 Yrs (M) | # Quakes 2024 (partial) | # Quakes 2023 | # Quakes 2022 | # Quakes 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,055 | 7.5 | 398 | 2,233 | 2,207 | 41.46 |
| Mexico | 1,573 | 8.2 | 517 | 1,838 | 1,791 | 37.55 |
| Chile | 1,075 | 8.3 | 177 | 936 | 905 | 13.84 |
| Japan | 980 | 7.5 | 378 | 903 | 1,253 | 17.03 |
| Papua New Guinea | 827 | 7.9 | 100 | 819 | 549 | 24.10 |
| Philippines | 785 | 7.6 | 238 | 1,473 | 921 | 46.82 |
| Guatemala | 582 | 6.9 | 146 | 759 | 568 | 11.18 |
| Peru | 549 | 8.2 | 149 | 580 | 615 | 25.41 |
| China | 427 | 7 | 239 | 473 | 437 | 28.70 |
| Argentina | 422 | 7.6 | 77 | 402 | 378 | 15.61 |
| Greece | 318 | 7 | 37 | 178 | 244 | 8.55 |
| El Salvador | 316 | 7.3 | 75 | 338 | 338 | 14.37 |
| Tonga | 308 | 7.2 | 76 | 353 | 430 | 3.94 |
| Tajikistan | 307 | 7.5 | 66 | 356 | 249 | 2.38 |
| Afghanistan | 303 | 7.5 | 64 | 414 | 260 | 4.05 |
| Iran | 284 | 7.3 | 30 | 305 | 321 | 18.48 |
| India | 277 | 7.8 | 48 | 275 | 303 | 42.31 |
| Turkey | 265 | 7.8 | 42 | 878 | 188 | 16.23 |
| Nicaragua | 259 | 7.3 | 63 | 299 | 304 | 22.35 |
| Honduras | 252 | 7.3 | 53 | 270 | 296 | 16 |
| Timor Leste | 246 | 7.3 | 55 | 243 | 281 | 7.97 |
| Pakistan | 241 | 6.6 | 51 | 221 | 230 | 26.75 |
| New Zealand | 230 | 7.8 | 29 | 137 | 141 | 13.05 |
| Taiwan | 218 | 6.9 | 36 | 193 | 358 | |
| Russia | 210 | 7.2 | 37 | 253 | 218 | 26.54 |
| Fiji | 203 | 7.9 | 38 | 191 | 178 | 6.54 |
| Costa Rica | 198 | 6.6 | 42 | 190 | 271 | 14.20 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 192 | 7.2 | 215 | 214 | 128 | 2.20 |
| Vanuatu | 183 | 7 | 22 | 118 | 185 | 10.64 |
| United States | 176 | 7.1 | 40 | 128 | 181 | 22.73 |
| Bolivia | 173 | 7.6 | 38 | 182 | 182 | 3.07 |
| Uzbekistan | 169 | 7.5 | 34 | 197 | 112 | 1.74 |
| Guam | 169 | 6.7 | 37 | 186 | 230 | |
| Colombia | 154 | 6.9 | 31 | 167 | 148 | 38.37 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 148 | 6.7 | 26 | 162 | 173 | |
| Ecuador | 145 | 7.8 | 31 | 138 | 167 | 22.42 |
| Solomon Islands | 145 | 7.8 | 12 | 95 | 155 | 14.62 |
| Panama | 122 | 6.7 | 28 | 156 | 183 | 18.38 |
| Iraq | 115 | 7.3 | 9 | 98 | 67 | 8.65 |
| Myanmar | 110 | 6.9 | 20 | 143 | 128 | 35.49 |
| Albania | 102 | 6.4 | 11 | 51 | 75 | 4.98 |
| Nepal | 99 | 7.8 | 6 | 68 | 50 | 2.62 |
| Syria | 99 | 7.8 | 18 | 740 | 26 | 12.16 |
| Venezuela | 94 | 7.3 | 18 | 91 | 92 | 22.45 |
| Samoa | 92 | 6.8 | 20 | 80 | 113 | 3.15 |
| Iceland | 87 | 6 | 4 | 113 | 58 | 1.65 |
| Kazakhstan | 80 | 7 | 198 | 60 | 61 | 2.18 |
| Italy | 78 | 6.6 | 16 | 70 | 63 | 9.37 |
| North Macedonia | 68 | 6.4 | 9 | 34 | 60 | 1.26 |
| Dominican Republic | 65 | 6.4 | 15 | 85 | 113 | 13.23 |
| Oman | 64 | 6.4 | 5 | 56 | 144 | 7.27 |
| Bulgaria | 62 | 6.9 | 8 | 56 | 53 | 2.15 |
| Puerto Rico | 60 | 6.4 | 20 | 113 | 70 | |
| Bangladesh | 56 | 6.7 | 14 | 70 | 49 | 27.90 |
| Azerbaijan | 55 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 67 | 2.20 |
| United Arab Emirates | 53 | 6.4 | 5 | 51 | 144 | 6.52 |
| Libya | 50 | 6.5 | 10 | 57 | 27 | 14.31 |
| Croatia | 50 | 6.4 | 10 | 38 | 32 | 4.86 |
| American Samoa | 49 | 6.8 | 12 | 44 | 71 | |
| United States Virgin Islands | 44 | 6.4 | 12 | 70 | 34 | |
| Armenia | 43 | 6 | 8 | 69 | 56 | 2.72 |
| British Virgin Islands | 43 | 6.4 | 11 | 70 | 39 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 39 | 6.7 | 7 | 49 | 26 | |
| Montenegro | 38 | 6.4 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 3.30 |
| Mongolia | 35 | 6.7 | 6 | 34 | 56 | 2.08 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 34 | 6.1 | 10 | 56 | 51 | |
| Canada | 33 | 6.5 | 5 | 44 | 39 | 18.99 |
| Georgia | 33 | 5.9 | 6 | 42 | 43 | 3.79 |
| Saint Martin | 33 | 6.1 | 10 | 59 | 50 | |
| Anguilla | 33 | 6.6 | ||||
| Comoros | 32 | 5.9 | 2.56 | |||
| Yemen | 31 | 6 | 11 | 120 | 24.26 | |
| Haiti | 31 | 7.2 | 4 | 28 | 66 | 9.99 |
| Serbia | 31 | 5.7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | 1.84 |
| Brazil | 30 | 6.8 | 12 | 35 | 33 | 12.15 |
| Spain | 30 | 6.3 | 5 | 39 | 9.68 | |
| Algeria | 30 | 6.3 | 8 | 43 | 9.58 | |
| Tanzania | 29 | 6 | 7 | 59 | 35 | 16.38 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 29 | 6.1 | 4 | 36 | 44 | 2.07 |
| Somalia | 28 | 5.8 | 9 | 112 | 25.07 | |
| Cyprus | 28 | 6.6 | 4 | 127 | 26 | 2.78 |
| Turkmenistan | 27 | 6.1 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 1.29 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26 | 6.4 | 4 | 2.51 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 26 | 6.1 | 27 | 40 | 3.84 | |
| Bhutan | 24 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 1.09 | |
| Guadeloupe | 24 | 6.1 | 25 | 33 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 23 | 7.3 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 2.93 |
| Grenada | 23 | 7.3 | 3 | 21 | 22 | 1.85 |
| Saudi Arabia | 22 | 5.5 | 9.64 | |||
| Dominica | 22 | 6.1 | 25 | 29 | 3.20 | |
| Morocco | 21 | 6.8 | 6 | 35 | 10.29 | |
| Malaysia | 21 | 6.1 | 6 | 18 | 14.36 | |
| Cuba | 21 | 7.7 | 53 | 7.97 | ||
| DR Congo | 20 | 5.9 | 24 | 19 | 9.65 | |
| Kuwait | 20 | 5.8 | 2.56 | |||
| Qatar | 20 | 5.7 | 58 | 1.17 | ||
| Martinique | 20 | 6.5 | ||||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20 | 5.9 | 3 | 21 | 2.30 | |
| San Marino | 20 | 6.6 | 0.38 | |||
| Lebanon | 19 | 6.3 | 3.52 | |||
| Thailand | 18 | 6.2 | 40 | 42 | 20.91 | |
| Laos | 18 | 6.2 | 4 | 28 | 58 | 2.91 |
| Romania | 17 | 5.6 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 3.19 |
| Saint Lucia | 17 | 6.5 | 2.69 | |||
| Niue | 17 | 7.3 | 3 | 35 | ||
| Barbados | 15 | 6.5 | 2.06 | |||
| Gibraltar | 15 | 6.3 | 27 | |||
| Madagascar | 14 | 5.5 | 23.48 | |||
| Slovenia | 14 | 6.4 | 1.44 | |||
| Bahrain | 13 | 5.5 | 0.95 | |||
| Vietnam | 12 | 6.2 | 4 | 26 | 25.85 | |
| South Africa | 12 | 5.4 | 9.42 | |||
| Rwanda | 12 | 5.9 | 2.70 | |||
| Eritrea | 12 | 5.6 | 9 | 33 | 7.70 | |
| Burundi | 11 | 5.8 | 3.03 | |||
| Moldova | 11 | 5.6 | 1.30 | |||
| Lesotho | 11 | 5.4 | 1.32 | |||
| Ethiopia | 10 | 5.6 | 8 | 38 | 4.80 | |
| Uganda | 10 | 5.9 | 2.81 | |||
| Ukraine | 10 | 5.6 | 3 | 3.89 | ||
| Tunisia | 10 | 5.3 | 9.87 | |||
| Hungary | 10 | 6.4 | 0.97 | |||
| Jamaica | 10 | 7.7 | 378 | 903 | 4.65 | |
| Botswana | 10 | 6.5 | 1.44 | |||
| Belize | 10 | 6.4 | 3 | 18 | 7.65 | |
| Mozambique | 9 | 5.6 | 34.37 | |||
| Portugal | 9 | 5.3 | 5.08 | |||
| Germany | 8 | 5 | 3.92 | |||
| South Korea | 8 | 5.7 | 10.51 | |||
| Malta | 8 | 5.5 | 0.94 | |||
| Cayman Islands | 8 | 7.7 | ||||
| Poland | 7 | 5 | 4.63 | |||
| Zambia | 7 | 5.9 | 3 | 2.94 | ||
| Czech Republic | 7 | 5 | 1 | |||
| Austria | 7 | 6.4 | 1.14 | |||
| France | 6 | 5 | 6.67 | |||
| Australia | 6 | 5.9 | 21.36 | |||
| Egypt | 5 | 5.5 | 20.65 | |||
| Jordan | 5 | 5.5 | 3.48 | |||
| Israel | 5 | 5.5 | 4.65 | |||
| Switzerland | 5 | 4.8 | 1.03 | |||
| North Korea | 4 | 6.3 | 11.82 | |||
| Malawi | 4 | 5.5 | 3.30 | |||
| Djibouti | 4 | 5.4 | 6 | 10.66 | ||
| Zimbabwe | 3 | 5.6 | 2.44 | |||
| Palestine | 3 | 5.5 | ||||
| Aruba | 3 | 5.2 | ||||
| Liechtenstein | 3 | 4.6 | 0.79 | |||
| Monaco | 3 | 4.8 | 0.26 | |||
| Palau | 3 | 6.1 | 1.25 | |||
| Kenya | 2 | 5 | 13.92 | |||
| Cambodia | 2 | 4.8 | 3 | 8.42 | ||
| Norway | 2 | 5.2 | 3.16 | |||
| Slovakia | 2 | 5.3 | 1 | |||
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5 | 5.78 | |||
| Sudan | 1 | 4.6 | 10.12 | |||
| South Sudan | 1 | 5.1 | 4.21 | |||
| Mauritania | 1 | 4.5 | 9.34 | |||
| Namibia | 1 | 5.4 | 5.93 | |||
| Gabon | 1 | 5.5 | 4.72 | |||
| Eswatini | 1 | 4.9 | 1.82 | |||
| Brunei | 1 | 6 | 1.34 | |||
| Andorra | 1 | 4.6 | 0.26 | |||
| Angola | 5.1 | 11.02 | ||||
| Ghana | 4 | 3.05 | ||||
| Ivory Coast | 4.5 | 2.08 | ||||
| Mali | 4.6 | 2.25 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | 4.5 | 5.93 | ||||
| Senegal | 5 | 5.42 | ||||
| Netherlands | 5 | 4.04 | ||||
| Guinea | 5 | 6.84 | ||||
| Benin | 4 | 1.61 | ||||
| Belgium | 5 | 4.16 | ||||
| Sweden | 4.9 | 2.06 | ||||
| Togo | 4 | 1.32 | ||||
| Belarus | 4.2 | 0.83 | ||||
| Sierra Leone | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Hong Kong | 4.2 | |||||
| Paraguay | 5 | 1.74 | ||||
| Republic of the Congo | 4.2 | 4.85 | ||||
| Denmark | 4 | 1.03 | ||||
| Singapore | 4.2 | 0.81 | ||||
| Finland | 4.9 | 1.30 | ||||
| Liberia | 4.5 | 4.11 | ||||
| Central African Republic | 4.2 | 3.34 | ||||
| Ireland | 4.9 | 3.10 | ||||
| Uruguay | 4.2 | 4.92 | ||||
| Lithuania | 4.2 | 2.24 | ||||
| Guinea Bissau | 5 | 4.14 | ||||
| Equatorial Guinea | 5.5 | 3.36 | ||||
| Latvia | 4 | 2.14 | ||||
| Estonia | 4 | 1.82 | ||||
| Mauritius | 4.8 | 3.50 | ||||
| Reunion | 4.4 | |||||
| Macau | 4.3 | |||||
| Luxembourg | 4.4 | 0.52 | ||||
| Maldives | 4.9 | 1.02 | ||||
| Cape Verde | 5.3 | 1.27 | ||||
| Bahamas | 4 | 3.75 | ||||
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5.5 | 0.48 | ||||
| Jersey | 5 | |||||
| Bermuda | 4.3 | |||||
| Greenland | 4.5 |