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, 629 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
629 (+468) M 7.4
2 (+12)
Taipei
623 (+477) M 7.4
3 (+12)
Kaohsiung
609 (+465) M 7.4
4 (-3)
Davao
581 (-521) M 7.1
5 (+2)
Saitama
382 (+121) M 7.5
6 (-2)
Malingao
375 (-273) M 7.1
7 (-1)
Budta
363 (-274) M 7.1
8
Tokyo
332 (+83) M 7.5
9
Sendai
296 (+49) M 6.1
10 (+12)
Nagoya
275 (+179) M 7.5
11 (+65)
Almaty
239 (+212) M 7.0
12 (-2)
Kawasaki
224 (+3) M 5.6
13 (-2)
Yokohama
206 (-9) M 5.6
14 (-1)
Kabul
160 (+4) M 6.4
15 (+48)
Kyoto
145 (+107) M 6.2
16 (+1)
Peshawar
130 (-2) M 6.4
17 (+11)
Iztapalapa
117 (+27) M 5.3
18 (+11)
Puebla
111 (+22) M 5.3
19
Santiago
109 (-15) M 6.4
20 (+13)
Mexico City
108 (+27) M 5.3
21 (+178)
Addis Ababa
106 (+104) M 5.2
22 (+16)
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
104 (+27) M 5.3
23 (+18)
Surabaya
98 (+33) M 6.4
24 (+12)
Bandung
97 (+19) M 6.1
25 (+23)
Semarang
96 (+40) M 6.4
26 (-6)
Sapporo
92 (-7) M 5.4
27 (+13)
Gustavo Adolfo Madero
86 (+19) M 5.3
28 (+6)
Manila
85 (+5) M 5.7
28 (+6)
Quezon City
85 (+5) M 5.7
30 (-6)
Depok
84 (-8) M 6.1
31 (+1)
Caloocan City
84 (+3) M 5.7
32 (-9)
South Tangerang
82 (-13) M 6.1
33 (-2)
Bekasi
81 (-2) M 6.1
33 (-3)
Jakarta
81 (-6) M 6.1
33 (-12)
Tangerang
81 (-16) M 6.1
36 (-11)
Medellín
80 (-11) M 5.6
37 (+9)
Lima
77 (+19) M 5.7
38 (+28)
Osaka
76 (+44) M 6.1
39
Guayaquil
72 (+2) M 5.1
40 (-24)
Guadalajara
68 (-67) M 4.9
41 (-4)
Bogotá
67 (-10) M 5.6
42 (+9)
Ecatepec de Morelos
64 (+17) M 5.3
43 (-25)
Zapopan
64 (-63) M 4.9
44 (+55)
Fukuoka
63 (+46) M 7.1
45
La Paz
63 (+4) M 5.6
46 (-44)
Gaziantep
62 (-665) M 6.0
47 (+19)
Kobe
61 (+29) M 6.1
48 (-45)
Aleppo
56 (-646) M 6.0
49 (-6)
Santo Domingo
51 (-12) M 5.6
50 (+59)
Putian
48 (+34) M 5.2
51 (+1)
Medan
48 (+2) M 5.0
52 (-47)
Adana
46 (-600) M 5.2
53 (-6)
Santiago de los Caballeros
46 (-12) M 4.5
54 (+6)
İzmir
43 (+4) M 5.1
55 (-5)
Quito
41 (-10) M 5.1
56 (-1)
Shiraz
40 (-3) M 5.1
57 (+52)
Hiroshima
39 (+25) M 6.3
58 (+7)
Mandalay
39 (+3) M 5.4
59 (+9)
Chattogram
32 (+1) M 4.9
60 (+23)
Al Başrah al Qadīmah
31 (+7) M 5.4
61 (+24)
Palembang
31 (+8) M 5.3
62 (+21)
Basrah
29 (+5) M 5.4
62 (+24)
Isfahan
29 (+6) M 5.4
64 (+10)
Tijuana
29 (+1) M 4.9
65 (+24)
Tbilisi
28 (+6) M 4.9
66 (+62)
Jinjiang
27 (+19) M 4.9
66 (+68)
Quanzhou
27 (+20) M 4.9
66 (+10)
San Diego
27 (0) M 4.9
69 (-20)
León de los Aldama
27 (-25) M 4.6
70 (-17)
Yerevan
26 (-20) M 4.9
71 (+46)
Los Angeles
24 (+13) M 5.2
72 (-14)
Sharjah
23 (-16) M 5.1
73 (+61)
Xiamen
23 (+16) M 4.9
73
Baku
23 (-5) M 4.9
75
Kathmandu
23 (-4) M 4.5
76 (+24)
Gujranwala
22 (+5) M 5.2
77 (-7)
Tashkent
22 (-8) M 5.0
78 (+17)
Liupanshui
21 (+1) M 5.2
79 (+13)
Bursa
20 (0) M 5.1
80 (-8)
Bijie
19 (-10) M 5.2
81 (-2)
Dubai
19 (-7) M 5.1
82 (+41)
Maracaibo
19 (+9) M 4.9
83 (+23)
Amritsar
18 (+4) M 5.2
84 (-28)
Zigong
18 (-22) M 5.0
85 (-5)
Cali
17 (-8) M 5.6
86 (-8)
Rawalpindi
17 (-9) M 5.2
87 (-28)
Meishan
17 (-22) M 4.9
88 (+16)
Istanbul
17 (+2) M 4.8
89 (+17)
Lahore
16 (+2) M 5.2
90 (-48)
Mashhad
16 (-49) M 4.9
90 (-37)
Tabriz
16 (-30) M 4.9
92 (+4)
Makassar
16 (-3) M 4.8
93 (+3)
Ankara
15 (-4) M 5.6
94 (+8)
Sofia
15 (0) M 5.2
95 (+34)
Multan
15 (+7) M 5.1
96 (-70)
Ra’s Bayrūt
14 (-76) M 5.2
96 (-70)
Beirut
14 (-76) M 5.2
96 (+5)
Guiyang
14 (-2) M 5.2
96 (-8)
Zunyi
14 (-8) M 5.2
96 (-15)
Bucharest
14 (-10) M 5.2
Major world cities ranked by number of significant earthquakes that hit nearby in 2024.