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Earthquakes in Poland
Poland has catalogued 131 M4+ earthquakes since 2005 (ranked 72nd of 187 countries), with the strongest reaching magnitude M5.0.
Poland ranks 72nd of 187 countries by catalogued seismic activity - a country with limited but non-zero seismic activity, averaging about 6 M4+ events a year alongside 0 significant M6+ earthquakes since 1900.
- 131
- M4+ events (since 2005)
- 0
- Major M6+ (since 1900)
- M5.0
- Strongest
- ~6
- M4+ per year
The verdict
Poland is moderately seismically active, above the global median, with 131 M4+ earthquakes logged since 2005 and 0 major M6+ events since 1900, the strongest reaching magnitude 5.0.
- N/A
- no yearly breakdown available
- N/A
- average recorded event depth
- 0%
- of events are shallow (<70 km, the most damaging kind)
Average catalogued magnitude is 4.3 - most events are moderate M4-5 tremors that are felt but rarely cause damage. On the M4+ activity ladder Mauritius sits immediately above at 135 events and Antigua and Barbuda sits immediately below at 129.
ComCat country tape
Event tape POLAND · Poland M4+ · 72nd/187
Poland · 131 M4+ · max M5.0 · 0 M6+
- EPIC 131
- YOY 72nd/187
- BAND M5.0
- STRIP 0
- BOOK near Mauritius
- RANK Aug 12, 2026
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Where Poland sits in the catalog
Rank 72nd of 187 tracked countries (61th percentile by M4+ count since 2005). On the M4+ activity ladder Mauritius sits immediately above at 135 events and Antigua and Barbuda sits immediately below at 129.
- Mauritius - next more active (135 M4+)
- Antigua and Barbuda - next less active (129 M4+)
Poland's M4+ count vs. every tracked country
Total catalogued M4+ events since 2005, USGS ComCat
131 Top 39% higher than 61% of 187 countries
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Source USGS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat) · 2005-present
0 of 131 catalogued M4+ events since 2005 reached M6.0 or higher.
Other countries in this catalog sample
A Poland-keyed shuffle of the full 186-country roster, not the six nearest by count.
Papua New Guinea
15,714 M4+ events · strongest M7.9
Mozambique
59 M4+ events · strongest M5.6
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4 M4+ events · strongest M4.5
Marshall Islands
1 M4+ events · strongest M4.2
China
4,994 M4+ events · strongest M7.9
Tokelau
1 M4+ events · strongest M5.0
Peak-magnitude sample from the same roster
A second Poland-keyed shuffle of countries with a recorded max magnitude.
Showing 6 of 186 countries with a recorded max magnitude.
According to the US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, PlainQuake's figures are rendered directly from 317,293 recorded M4+ earthquakes and 14,444 significant M6+ events (USGS ComCat, 2005-present) -- no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-08-26.