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 Taipei (Taiwan). It therefore ranks at the top of our 2024 city earthquake list. Within 300 kilometers of Taipei, 526 significant earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher have hit. The strongest earthquake near Taipei had a magnitude of 7.4.

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2024: Top cities by number of significant earthquakes nearby.

Rank City Earthquakes Strongest
1 (+13)
Taipei
526 (+380) M 7.4
1 (+11)
Taichung
526 (+365) M 7.4
3 (+12)
Kaohsiung
510 (+366) M 7.4
4 (-3)
Davao
332 (-770) M 7.1
5 (+2)
Saitama
295 (+34) M 7.5
6 (+2)
Tokyo
246 (-3) M 7.5
7 (+69)
Almaty
222 (+195) M 7.0
8 (+14)
Nagoya
215 (+119) M 7.5
9 (-5)
Malingao
199 (-449) M 7.1
10 (-4)
Budta
193 (-444) M 7.1
11 (-2)
Sendai
183 (-64) M 6.1
12 (-2)
Kawasaki
141 (-80) M 5.6
13 (-2)
Yokohama
127 (-88) M 5.6
14 (+49)
Kyoto
107 (+69) M 6.2
15 (-2)
Kabul
86 (-70) M 6.4
16 (+12)
Iztapalapa
81 (-9) M 4.7
17 (+24)
Surabaya
78 (+13) M 6.4
18 (+30)
Semarang
76 (+20) M 6.4
19 (+14)
Mexico City
76 (-5) M 4.7
20 (+9)
Puebla
74 (-15) M 5.3
21 (+17)
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
74 (-3) M 4.7
22 (-5)
Peshawar
65 (-67) M 6.4
23 (-4)
Santiago
65 (-59) M 5.1
24 (+16)
Gustavo Adolfo Madero
63 (-4) M 4.7
25 (+11)
Bandung
53 (-25) M 6.1
26 (+20)
Lima
53 (-5) M 5.2
27 (-7)
Sapporo
52 (-47) M 5.4
28 (+23)
Ecatepec de Morelos
49 (+2) M 4.7
29 (-4)
Medellín
47 (-44) M 5.6
30 (-6)
Depok
46 (-46) M 6.1
31 (+8)
Guayaquil
46 (-24) M 5.2
32 (-1)
Bekasi
44 (-39) M 6.1
32 (-2)
Jakarta
44 (-43) M 6.1
32 (-9)
South Tangerang
44 (-51) M 6.1
32 (-11)
Tangerang
44 (-53) M 6.1
36 (-2)
Manila
44 (-36) M 5.0
36 (-4)
Caloocan City
44 (-37) M 5.0
36 (-2)
Quezon City
44 (-36) M 5.0
39 (-23)
Guadalajara
44 (-92) M 4.9
40 (+27)
Osaka
41 (+9) M 5.1
41 (-23)
Zapopan
41 (-87) M 4.9
42 (-5)
Bogotá
37 (-40) M 5.6
43 (+2)
La Paz
36 (-23) M 5.6
44 (-42)
Gaziantep
32 (-695) M 5.0
45 (-2)
Santo Domingo
31 (-32) M 5.6
46 (+63)
Putian
31 (+17) M 5.2
47 (-44)
Aleppo
30 (-672) M 5.0
48 (+4)
Medan
30 (-16) M 4.7
49 (-2)
Santiago de los Caballeros
28 (-30) M 4.5
50 (+49)
Fukuoka
27 (+10) M 6.3
51 (+9)
İzmir
27 (-12) M 5.1
52 (+23)
Tijuana
24 (-4) M 4.9
52 (+15)
Kobe
24 (-8) M 4.9
54 (+55)
Hiroshima
22 (+8) M 6.3
55 (-5)
Quito
22 (-29) M 4.9
55 (+21)
San Diego
22 (-5) M 4.9
57 (-52)
Adana
22 (-624) M 4.5
58 (-3)
Shiraz
21 (-22) M 5.1
59 (+30)
Tbilisi
19 (-3) M 4.9
60 (+5)
Mandalay
18 (-18) M 5.4
61 (-3)
Sharjah
18 (-21) M 5.1
62 (+4)
Chattogram
18 (-14) M 4.9
63 (+22)
Palembang
17 (-6) M 5.3
64 (-11)
Yerevan
16 (-30) M 4.9
65 (+21)
Isfahan
16 (-7) M 4.7
65 (+18)
Al Başrah al Qadīmah
16 (-8) M 4.7
67 (-18)
León de los Aldama
16 (-37) M 4.6
68 (+11)
Dubai
15 (-11) M 5.1
69 (+14)
Basrah
15 (-9) M 4.7
70 (+25)
Liupanshui
13 (-7) M 5.2
71 (+29)
Gujranwala
13 (-4) M 5.0
72 (+45)
Los Angeles
13 (+2) M 4.8
73 (+7)
Cali
12 (-13) M 5.6
73 (+23)
Ankara
12 (-7) M 5.6
75 (-2)
Bijie
12 (-17) M 5.2
76 (+16)
Bursa
12 (-8) M 5.1
77 (+29)
Amritsar
12 (-2) M 5.0
78 (-4)
Baku
12 (-16) M 4.9
79 (-9)
Tashkent
11 (-19) M 5.0
79 (+27)
Lahore
11 (-3) M 5.0
79 (+44)
Maracaibo
11 (+1) M 5.0
82 (+46)
Jinjiang
11 (+3) M 4.6
82 (+52)
Quanzhou
11 (+4) M 4.6
84 (+22)
Ludhiāna
10 (-4) M 5.0
84 (-28)
Zigong
10 (-30) M 5.0
86 (-33)
Tabriz
10 (-36) M 4.9
87 (+17)
Istanbul
10 (-5) M 4.7
88 (-29)
Meishan
10 (-29) M 4.6
89 (+40)
Multan
9 (+1) M 5.0
90 (+2)
Baghdad
9 (-11) M 4.9
91 (+34)
Kunming
8 (-1) M 5.2
91 (+11)
Guiyang
8 (-8) M 5.2
91 (-3)
Zunyi
8 (-14) M 5.2
94 (+2)
Makassar
8 (-11) M 4.8
95 (+39)
Xiamen
8 (+1) M 4.6
96 (-15)
Bucharest
8 (-16) M 4.2
97 (+34)
Qujing
7 (-1) M 5.2
98 (+48)
Barquisimeto
7 (+2) M 5.0
99 (-35)
Chengdu
7 (-29) M 4.6
99 (-37)
Neijiang
7 (-31) M 4.6
Major world cities ranked by number of significant earthquakes that hit nearby in 2024.