Earthquakes by Country

M4+ earthquake activity across 214 countries (2005-2025). Data from USGS.

#	Country	Total	M6+	Max	Avg Mag
1	Indonesia	36,532	317	8.6	4.5
2	Japan	20,902	222	9.1	4.5
3	United States	16,774	156	7.9	4.5
4	Papua New Guinea	15,312	212	7.9	4.6
5	Chile	13,540	156	8.3	4.5
6	Philippines	13,506	123	7.6	4.6
7	Russia	11,657	116	7.8	4.5
8	Tonga	10,513	110	7.6	4.6
9	Mexico	8,196	68	7.6	4.3
10	Vanuatu	7,397	143	7.8	4.6
11	New Zealand	7,324	69	7.8	4.5
12	Japan region	6,198	39	7.8	4.5
13	Solomon Islands	6,003	101	7.8	4.6
14	China	4,779	30	7.9	4.5
15	Peru	4,492	54	8.0	4.5
16	Greece	4,449	28	7.0	4.4
17	Fiji	4,396	30	7.9	4.4
18	Argentina	4,265	42	7.0	4.4
19	Iran	3,456	24	7.7	4.4
20	Afghanistan	3,404	22	7.5	4.4
21	Timor Leste	3,318	23	7.3	4.4
22	India	3,195	14	7.5	4.5
23	Taiwan	2,483	31	7.4	4.5
24	Turkey	2,205	14	7.1	4.4
25	Guatemala	1,908	16	7.4	4.4
26	New Caledonia	1,889	33	7.5	4.7
27	Colombia	1,688	14	7.3	4.5
28	Tajikistan	1,541	7	7.2	4.4
29	El Salvador	1,466	11	7.3	4.5
30	Nicaragua	1,376	10	6.6	4.5
31	Pakistan	1,226	8	7.7	4.5
32	Ecuador	1,050	21	7.8	4.6
33	Canada	1,003	24	7.8	4.5
34	Myanmar	983	7	6.9	4.5
35	Iceland	964	2	6.3	4.5
36	India region	828	14	7.5	4.6
37	Bolivia	819	7	6.8	4.4
38	Wallis and Futuna	787	12	6.7	4.6
39	Costa Rica	694	7	7.6	4.5
40	Panama	692	27	6.7	4.7
41	Nepal	692	8	7.8	4.5
42	Micronesia	660	11	6.6	4.7
43	Kyrgyzstan	619	3	6.7	4.5
44	Italy	583	5	6.6	4.4
45	Ethiopia	560	0	5.9	4.5
46	Venezuela	506	6	7.3	4.5
47	Dominican Republic	482	0	5.8	4.3
48	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	423	6	6.8	4.5
49	Portugal	409	3	6.3	4.5
50	Tanzania	363	1	6.0	4.5
51	Somalia	329	0	5.8	4.5
52	Yemen	322	4	6.6	4.5
53	Albania	267	1	6.4	4.4
54	Australia	266	2	6.6	4.5
55	Honduras	264	3	7.5	4.5
56	Djibouti	260	0	5.5	4.5
57	Russia region	251	3	7.7	4.5
58	Algeria	243	1	6.0	4.4
59	Mayotte	232	0	5.9	4.6
60	Haiti	215	3	7.2	4.5
61	MX	201	0	5.8	4.4
62	Mongolia	190	1	6.7	4.5
63	South Africa	190	0	5.4	4.4
64	Morocco	185	2	6.8	4.4
65	Romania	182	0	5.6	4.4
66	Iraq	181	1	7.3	4.5
67	Saint Helena	178	1	6.0	4.8
68	Kazakhstan	167	1	6.1	4.5
69	Azerbaijan	159	0	5.6	4.4
70	Democratic Republic of the Congo	158	1	6.8	4.6
71	Guadeloupe	144	2	6.5	4.5
72	Turkmenistan	139	0	5.4	4.5
73	Zimbabwe	135	1	7.0	4.6
74	Antigua and Barbuda	128	2	6.6	4.4
75	Poland	126	0	5.0	4.3
76	Mauritius	126	2	6.0	4.7
77	Burma (Myanmar)	120	0	5.3	4.5
78	Saudi Arabia	114	0	5.7	4.4
79	Samoa	112	2	6.2	4.7
80	Cayman Islands	104	2	7.6	4.5
81	Anguilla	104	0	5.6	4.3
82	Brazil	100	7	6.8	4.7
83	Uzbekistan	98	0	5.7	4.5
84	Cyprus	97	1	6.6	4.4
85	Eritrea	93	0	5.6	4.5
86	New Zealand region	92	6	7.4	4.8
87	Trinidad and Tobago	87	1	6.1	4.5
88	Cuba	85	1	6.8	4.5
89	Palau	82	2	6.2	4.7
90	Martinique	82	1	7.4	4.5
91	Spain	81	1	6.3	4.3
92	Greenland	76	0	4.9	4.4
93	Vietnam	74	0	5.3	4.4
94	Malawi	72	1	6.0	4.6
95	Uganda	70	0	5.9	4.6
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67	0	5.7	4.3
97	Barbados	65	2	6.5	4.6
98	Croatia	64	1	6.4	4.4
99	Bangladesh	62	0	5.5	4.4
100	Zambia	61	0	5.9	4.5
101	Federated States of Micronesia	57	2	6.3	4.8
102	Ecuador region	57	0	5.8	4.5
103	Mozambique	56	0	5.6	4.5
104	Dominica	55	0	5.6	4.4
105	France	53	0	5.2	4.3
106	Sudan	51	0	5.3	4.4
107	Laos	47	2	6.3	4.5
108	Thailand	47	1	6.1	4.4
109	Egypt	45	0	5.5	4.4
110	North Macedonia	42	0	5.5	4.3
111	Montenegro	42	0	5.2	4.4
112	Rwanda	42	0	5.9	4.6
113	Oman	39	0	5.4	4.4
114	Syria	39	0	5.2	4.4
115	Jamaica	36	2	7.7	4.5
116	Bulgaria	36	0	5.0	4.3
117	Libya	35	0	5.2	4.3
118	Madagascar	35	0	5.7	4.6
119	Malaysia	34	1	6.0	4.6
120	Malta	34	0	5.5	4.5
121	Tunisia	33	0	5.1	4.5
122	Bhutan	33	1	6.1	4.5
123	Armenia	27	0	5.3	4.4
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	23	0	4.8	4.3
125	Mauritania	21	0	4.6	4.2
126	Namibia	20	0	5.4	4.6
127	Grenada	19	0	5.5	4.3
128	Norway	19	0	5.2	4.4
129	Serbia	17	0	5.5	4.4
130	Burundi	17	0	5.2	4.5
131	Saint Eustatius and Saba	17	0	5.0	4.3
132	South Korea	15	0	5.5	4.8
133	Ukraine	14	0	4.9	4.5
134	Kenya	14	0	5.2	4.6
135	Saint Lucia	14	0	5.2	4.4
136	French Southern Territories	14	0	5.3	4.7
137	Botswana	13	1	6.5	4.8
138	Switzerland	12	0	4.5	4.2
139	Comoros	12	0	5.1	4.7
140	North Korea	12	0	5.9	4.6
141	Kuwait	11	0	4.7	4.3
142	Canada region	11	0	5.0	4.4
143	Guyana	11	0	5.5	4.4
144	Angola	11	0	5.1	4.4
145	Gabon	11	0	5.5	4.7
146	Kosovo	10	0	4.6	4.2
147	Austria	10	0	4.2	4.1
148	Slovenia	10	0	4.5	4.2
149	Israel	10	0	4.7	4.3
150	United Kingdom	10	0	4.8	4.3
151	Lebanon	10	0	5.1	4.2
152	Germany	9	0	4.5	4.1
153	Portugal region	8	0	4.9	4.3
154	South Sudan	7	0	4.8	4.5
155	Hungary	7	0	4.5	4.2
156	Guinea	7	0	5.0	4.5
157	United Arab Emirates	6	0	4.7	4.3
158	Sweden	6	0	4.6	4.2
159	Czechia	6	0	4.4	4.2
160	Bermuda	6	0	4.6	4.3
161	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	6	0	4.8	4.3
162	Kiribati region	6	0	5.1	4.7
163	Jordan	5	0	4.5	4.2
164	Australia region	5	0	5.2	4.8
165	Maldives	5	0	4.9	4.6
166	Alaska Earthquake	5	5	8.2	7.6
167	Montserrat	4	0	4.1	4.1
168	French Polynesia	4	0	4.8	4.4
169	Cabo Verde	4	0	4.9	4.7
170	French Polynesia region	4	0	4.8	4.5
171	Qatar	4	0	4.1	4.1
172	Palestinian Territory	3	0	4.5	4.3
173	French Guiana	3	0	5.0	4.6
174	Spain region	3	0	4.4	4.3
175	Equatorial Guinea	3	0	4.6	4.5
176	California Earthquake	3	3	7.0	6.5
177	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	3	0	4.5	4.4
178	Alaska region	3	0	4.8	4.6
179	Bahamas	3	0	4.5	4.2
180	Japan Earthquake	3	3	7.6	7.4
181	Central African Republic	2	0	4.7	4.5
182	Reunion	2	0	5.3	4.7
183	Sri Lanka	2	0	4.7	4.6
184	Mexico Earthquake	2	2	8.2	7.7
185	Lesotho	2	0	4.5	4.4
186	Tuvalu	2	0	4.8	4.6
187	Congo-Uganda	2	0	4.7	4.7
188	Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence	2	2	7.8	7.7
189	Russia Earthquake	2	2	8.8	8.1
190	Chad	2	0	4.4	4.4
191	Cameroon	1	0	4.6	4.6
192	Marshall Islands	1	0	4.2	4.2
193	Argentina region	1	0	4.4	4.4
194	Tokelau	1	0	5.0	5.0
195	Benin	1	0	4.4	4.4
196	Chile Earthquake	1	1	8.8	8.8
197	Denmark	1	0	4.4	4.4
198	Netherlands	1	0	4.2	4.2
199	Antarctica	1	0	4.5	4.5
200	Senegal	1	0	4.5	4.5
201	Ireland	1	0	4.0	4.0
202	Republic of the Congo	1	0	4.2	4.2
203	Revilla Gigedo Islands	1	0	4.1	4.1
204	Niger	1	0	4.6	4.6
205	Sao Tome and Principe	1	0	5.5	5.5
206	Ghana	1	0	4.0	4.0
207	NV Earthquake	1	1	6.5	6.5
208	New Zealand Earthquake	1	1	8.1	8.1
209	Slovakia	1	0	5.0	5.0
210	Nevada Earthquake	1	0	5.7	5.7
211	Texas Earthquake	1	0	5.1	5.1
212	New Jersey Earthquake	1	0	4.8	4.8
213	Taiwan Earthquake	1	1	6.0	6.0
214	Burma (Myanmar) Earthquake	1	1	7.7	7.7