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 2023 is Gaziantep (Türkiye). It therefore ranks at the top of our 2023 city earthquake list. Within 300 kilometers of Gaziantep, 706 significant earthquakes of magnitude 4 or higher have hit. The strongest earthquake near Gaziantep had a magnitude of 7.8.

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2023: Top cities by number of significant earthquakes nearby.

Rank City Earthquakes Strongest
1 (+82)
Gaziantep
706 (+687) M 7.8
2 (+86)
Aleppo
681 (+665) M 7.8
3 (+108)
Adana
631 (+620) M 7.8
4 (-3)
Davao
221 (-156) M 6.0
5 (-2)
Saitama
210 (-111) M 6.2
6 (+1)
Tokyo
197 (-80) M 6.2
7 (-5)
Sendai
190 (-166) M 5.8
8
Malingao
178 (-69) M 6.0
9
Budta
177 (-52) M 6.0
10
Kawasaki
173 (-49) M 6.1
11 (+4)
Yokohama
167 (-40) M 6.1
12 (+5)
Kabul
124 (-21) M 6.5
13 (-8)
Taichung
124 (-187) M 5.6
14 (-1)
Guadalajara
113 (-101) M 5.8
15 (-11)
Kaohsiung
113 (-202) M 5.6
16 (+2)
Peshawar
110 (-32) M 6.5
17 (-11)
Taipei
106 (-177) M 5.2
18 (-2)
Zapopan
105 (-101) M 5.8
19 (+6)
Santiago
94 (-33) M 5.7
20 (+105)
Ra’s Bayrūt
85 (+77) M 6.3
20 (+105)
Beirut
85 (+77) M 6.3
22 (+10)
Nagoya
76 (-25) M 6.2
23 (+3)
Iztapalapa
75 (-49) M 5.1
24 (+15)
Medellín
73 (0) M 5.7
25 (-14)
Caloocan City
72 (-146) M 6.2
25 (+4)
Sapporo
72 (-37) M 6.2
27 (-13)
Manila
71 (-139) M 6.2
27 (-15)
Quezon City
71 (-146) M 6.2
29 (-7)
Tangerang
70 (-60) M 5.4
30 (+6)
Puebla
68 (-18) M 5.1
30
Mexico City
68 (-37) M 5.1
32 (-11)
South Tangerang
67 (-64) M 5.4
33 (-14)
Depok
65 (-68) M 5.4
34 (-1)
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
65 (-34) M 5.1
35 (-11)
Jakarta
63 (-64) M 5.4
36 (+7)
Bogotá
62 (-1) M 6.2
37 (-10)
Bekasi
59 (-64) M 5.4
38 (+121)
Damascus
58 (+55) M 6.3
39 (-4)
Gustavo Adolfo Madero
58 (-28) M 5.1
40 (-17)
Bandung
55 (-73) M 5.4
41 (-3)
Surabaya
49 (-27) M 7.0
42 (-8)
Guayaquil
49 (-42) M 6.8
43 (-1)
La Paz
46 (-17) M 4.9
44 (+1)
Semarang
44 (-14) M 7.0
45 (+5)
León de los Aldama
44 (-7) M 5.0
46 (+2)
Santo Domingo
43 (-11) M 5.0
47 (-3)
Ecatepec de Morelos
39 (-22) M 5.1
48 (-8)
Santiago de los Caballeros
38 (-31) M 5.0
49 (-3)
Medan
37 (-18) M 6.1
50 (+3)
Yerevan
37 (-8) M 5.9
51 (-14)
Quito
36 (-49) M 5.2
52 (+4)
Shiraz
36 (-5) M 5.1
53 (+20)
Tabriz
34 (+9) M 5.9
54 (-23)
Lima
34 (-70) M 4.8
55 (+14)
Mosul
33 (+7) M 5.9
56 (+13)
Al Mawşil al Jadīdah
32 (+6) M 5.9
57 (+1)
Meishan
32 (-2) M 5.4
57 (+4)
Zigong
32 (0) M 5.4
57 (+1)
Neijiang
32 (-2) M 5.4
60 (+127)
Tripoli
31 (+29) M 5.3
61 (-6)
Chengdu
29 (-12) M 5.4
62 (-13)
Mandalay
28 (-25) M 4.9
63 (-16)
İzmir
27 (-28) M 5.1
64 (+66)
Yangon
26 (+19) M 5.6
65 (-1)
Tijuana
26 (-5) M 5.1
66 (-15)
Kyoto
26 (-21) M 5.0
67 (+8)
Tashkent
25 (0) M 5.8
68 (-6)
San Diego
25 (-7) M 5.1
68 (-48)
Sharjah
25 (-108) M 5.1
70 (+1)
Rawalpindi
24 (-2) M 5.2
71 (-19)
Osaka
23 (-22) M 5.0
71 (-17)
Kobe
23 (-19) M 5.0
73 (+7)
Chattogram
22 (0) M 5.3
74 (+12)
Bijie
22 (+5) M 4.9
75 (-9)
Almaty
21 (-6) M 5.1
76 (+9)
Cali
20 (+3) M 5.7
77 (-49)
Dubai
20 (-96) M 5.0
78 (+17)
Baku
19 (+5) M 5.3
79 (+21)
Chongqing
19 (+6) M 4.9
80 (+13)
Bucharest
18 (+4) M 5.6
80 (+30)
Belgrade
18 (+7) M 5.6
82 (-8)
Palembang
18 (-7) M 5.5
83 (-42)
Port-au-Prince
18 (-48) M 5.4
84 (-8)
Al Başrah al Qadīmah
18 (-5) M 4.8
84 (-8)
Basrah
18 (-5) M 4.8
86 (+4)
Isfahan
18 (+3) M 4.5
87 (-20)
Tbilisi
18 (-9) M 4.4
88 (+8)
Ankara
17 (+4) M 5.2
89 (+3)
Rome
17 (+3) M 5.1
90 (+14)
Zunyi
16 (+4) M 4.9
91 (+63)
Dhaka
15 (+11) M 5.4
92 (-29)
Makassar
15 (-17) M 5.2
93 (-36)
Fukuoka
15 (-20) M 4.9
94 (-29)
Kathmandu
15 (-15) M 4.5
95 (+3)
Sofia
14 (+1) M 5.6
96 (-14)
Baghdad
14 (-7) M 5.1
97 (-11)
Liupanshui
14 (-3) M 4.9
97 (-19)
Bursa
14 (-8) M 4.9
99 (+3)
Gujranwala
13 (0) M 5.2
100 (+21)
Putian
12 (+3) M 4.9
100 (+17)
Mashhad
12 (+1) M 4.9
100 (+13)
Guiyang
12 (+1) M 4.9
100 (-40)
Hiroshima
12 (-22) M 4.9
Major world cities ranked by number of significant earthquakes that hit nearby in 2023.