The top 100 major cities most threatened by earthquakes on the planet are listed below. This ranking of cities with most earthquakes is updated daily, and based on earthquake data from the U.S. Geological Survey as well as the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

Any earthquake with a magnitude of 4 or above is counted, as long as the epicenter is within 300 kilometers of the city. All major world cities (with at least 1 million inhabitants) are included in this overview.

As of today, the city most struck by earthquakes in 2024 is Taichung (Taiwan). It therefore ranks at the top of our 2024 city earthquake list. Within 300 kilometers of Taichung, 600 significant earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher have hit. The strongest earthquake near Taichung had a magnitude of 7.4.

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2024: Top cities by number of significant earthquakes nearby.

Rank City Earthquakes Strongest
1 (+11)
Taichung
600 (+439) M 7.4
2 (+12)
Taipei
595 (+449) M 7.4
3 (+12)
Kaohsiung
585 (+441) M 7.4
4 (-3)
Davao
537 (-565) M 7.1
5 (+2)
Saitama
353 (+92) M 7.5
6 (-2)
Malingao
350 (-298) M 7.1
7 (-1)
Budta
338 (-299) M 7.1
8
Tokyo
302 (+53) M 7.5
9
Sendai
265 (+18) M 6.1
10 (+12)
Nagoya
245 (+149) M 7.5
11 (+65)
Almaty
232 (+205) M 7.0
12 (-2)
Kawasaki
194 (-27) M 5.6
13 (-2)
Yokohama
179 (-36) M 5.6
14 (-1)
Kabul
141 (-15) M 6.4
15 (+48)
Kyoto
120 (+82) M 6.2
16 (+1)
Peshawar
114 (-18) M 6.4
17 (+11)
Iztapalapa
105 (+15) M 5.3
18 (+11)
Puebla
100 (+11) M 5.3
19 (+14)
Mexico City
98 (+17) M 5.3
20 (-1)
Santiago
95 (-29) M 5.4
21 (+17)
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
94 (+17) M 5.3
22 (+26)
Semarang
92 (+36) M 6.4
22 (+19)
Surabaya
92 (+27) M 6.4
24 (+12)
Bandung
83 (+5) M 6.1
25 (+15)
Gustavo Adolfo Madero
79 (+12) M 5.3
26 (-6)
Sapporo
78 (-21) M 5.4
27 (-3)
Depok
72 (-20) M 6.1
28 (+6)
Manila
72 (-8) M 5.3
28 (+6)
Quezon City
72 (-8) M 5.3
30 (-7)
South Tangerang
71 (-24) M 6.1
30 (-9)
Tangerang
71 (-26) M 6.1
32 (-7)
Medellín
71 (-20) M 5.6
33 (-1)
Caloocan City
71 (-10) M 5.3
34 (-4)
Jakarta
70 (-17) M 6.1
34 (-3)
Bekasi
70 (-13) M 6.1
36 (+10)
Lima
67 (+9) M 5.7
37 (+2)
Guayaquil
66 (-4) M 5.1
38 (+13)
Ecatepec de Morelos
62 (+15) M 5.3
39 (-2)
Bogotá
61 (-16) M 5.6
40 (-24)
Guadalajara
60 (-75) M 4.9
41 (-23)
Zapopan
57 (-70) M 4.9
42 (-40)
Gaziantep
56 (-671) M 6.0
43 (+2)
La Paz
56 (-3) M 5.6
44 (+55)
Fukuoka
53 (+36) M 7.1
45 (-42)
Aleppo
51 (-651) M 6.0
46 (+20)
Osaka
51 (+19) M 5.1
47 (+5)
Medan
46 (0) M 5.0
48 (-5)
Santo Domingo
45 (-18) M 5.6
49 (-44)
Adana
41 (-605) M 5.2
50 (-3)
Santiago de los Caballeros
40 (-18) M 4.5
51 (+58)
Putian
39 (+25) M 5.2
52 (+8)
İzmir
38 (-1) M 5.1
53 (+12)
Mandalay
35 (-1) M 5.4
54 (-4)
Quito
35 (-16) M 5.1
55
Shiraz
33 (-10) M 5.1
56 (+10)
Kobe
33 (+1) M 4.9
57 (+52)
Hiroshima
31 (+17) M 6.3
58 (+10)
Chattogram
30 (-1) M 4.9
59 (+15)
Tijuana
29 (+1) M 4.9
60 (+16)
San Diego
27 (0) M 4.9
61 (+28)
Tbilisi
26 (+4) M 4.9
62 (+21)
Al Başrah al Qadīmah
25 (+1) M 4.7
63 (-14)
León de los Aldama
25 (-27) M 4.6
64 (+53)
Los Angeles
24 (+13) M 5.2
65 (+21)
Isfahan
24 (+1) M 4.7
66 (+17)
Basrah
23 (-1) M 4.7
67 (+18)
Palembang
22 (-1) M 5.3
68 (-10)
Sharjah
22 (-17) M 5.1
69 (+1)
Tashkent
21 (-9) M 5.0
70 (-17)
Yerevan
20 (-26) M 4.9
71 (+24)
Liupanshui
19 (-1) M 5.2
72 (+1)
Baku
19 (-9) M 4.9
73 (+2)
Kathmandu
19 (-8) M 4.5
74 (+26)
Gujranwala
18 (+1) M 5.1
74 (+5)
Dubai
18 (-8) M 5.1
74 (+18)
Bursa
18 (-2) M 5.1
77 (+51)
Jinjiang
18 (+10) M 4.6
77 (+57)
Quanzhou
18 (+11) M 4.6
79 (+1)
Cali
17 (-8) M 5.6
80 (-8)
Bijie
17 (-12) M 5.2
81 (+118)
Addis Ababa
16 (+14) M 5.3
82 (-26)
Zigong
16 (-24) M 5.0
83 (-24)
Meishan
16 (-23) M 4.9
83 (+40)
Maracaibo
16 (+6) M 4.9
85 (+19)
Istanbul
16 (+1) M 4.8
86 (+10)
Ankara
15 (-4) M 5.6
87 (+19)
Amritsar
15 (+1) M 5.1
88 (+18)
Lahore
14 (0) M 5.1
89 (-47)
Mashhad
14 (-51) M 4.9
90 (+6)
Makassar
14 (-5) M 4.8
91 (+43)
Xiamen
14 (+7) M 4.6
92 (-11)
Bucharest
13 (-11) M 5.2
92 (+9)
Guiyang
13 (-3) M 5.2
94 (-16)
Rawalpindi
13 (-13) M 5.1
95 (-42)
Tabriz
13 (-33) M 4.9
96 (-8)
Zunyi
12 (-10) M 5.2
97 (+32)
Multan
12 (+4) M 5.1
98 (-6)
Baghdad
12 (-8) M 4.9
99 (+19)
Córdoba
11 (0) M 6.0
100 (+31)
Qujing
11 (+3) M 5.2
100 (+25)
Kunming
11 (+2) M 5.2
100 (+2)
Sofia
11 (-4) M 5.2
100 (-74)
Ra’s Bayrūt
11 (-79) M 5.2
100 (-74)
Beirut
11 (-79) M 5.2
Major world cities ranked by number of significant earthquakes that hit nearby in 2024.