List of earthquakes in the United States

The following is a list of notable earthquakes and tsunamis which had their epicenter in areas that are now part of the United States with the latter affecting areas of the United States. Those in italics were not part of the United States when the event occurred.

List of earthquakes

+ Date State(s) Magnitude Fatalities Article Further information Aleutian Islands, Alaska9.2 Unknown 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake Washington, Oregon, California8.7–9.2 Unknown 1700 Cascadia earthquakeMassachusetts 5.9 0 1755 Cape Ann earthquakeAlaska8.0 Unknown8.0 Unknown Missouri 7.5–8.0 −500 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes California 6.9 , 7.5 40+ 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake 7.1–7.5 1 1812 Ventura earthquakeHawaii7.0 0 California6.8–7.2 01838 San Andreas earthquakeArkansas6.3 0 California 7.9 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake Kansas 5.1 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake Hawaii 7.9 1868 Hawaii earthquake California 6.3–6.7 1868 Hayward earthquakeHawaii6.8 01871 Lānaʻi earthquake California 7.4–7.9 1872 Owens Valley earthquake Washington 6.5–7.0 1872 North Cascades earthquakeCalifornia-Oregon7.3 01873 Oregon-California earthquakeAlaska7.0 0 Colorado 6.6 0 1882 Fort Collins earthquake New York 4.9–5.5 South Carolina 6.9–7.3 1886 Charleston earthquakeCalifornia6.4 11892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes6.4 0Missouri6.6 01895 Charleston earthquakeAlaska8.2 01899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes8.2 0California6.4 61899 San Jacinto earthquakeAlaska7.9 0Utah7.0 01901 Richfield earthquakeAlaska7.8 07.8 07.3 0 California 7.9 + 1906 San Francisco earthquakeAlaska8.4 01906 Aleutian Islands earthquake Indiana 5.1 1909 Wabash River earthquakeCalifornia6.2 61915 Imperial Valley earthquakes Nevada 6.8 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquakeCalifornia6.8 01918 San Jacinto earthquakeUtah6.3 01921 Sevier Valley earthquakeCalifornia7.6 07.2 0Montana6.6 01925 Montana earthquake California 6.5–6.8 1925 Santa Barbara earthquakeAlaska7.3 0California7.3 01927 Lompoc earthquakeAlaska7.8 0 Texas 6.5 1931 Valentine earthquakeNevada7.2 01932 Cedar Mountain earthquake California 6.4 1933 Long Beach earthquake7.1 0Utah6.6 21934 Hansel Valley earthquake Montana 6.2 1935 Helena earthquake Oregon, Washington 5.8 1936 State Line earthquakeAlaska7.3 01937 Alaska earthquake8.2 0 California 6.9 1940 El Centro earthquake New Hampshire 5.3 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes 5.5 Alaska7.6 0 New York 5.8 1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake Alaska 8.6 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake7.2 0 California 6.4 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake Washington 6.7 1949 Olympia earthquake California 7.3 1952 Kern County earthquakeNevada6.6 01954 Rainbow Mountain earthquake6.8 01954 Stillwater earthquake7.1 01954 Fairview Peak earthquake6.8 01954 Dixie Valley earthquake Alaska 8.6 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake7.3 01958 Huslia earthquake 7.8 (tsunami) 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami Montana, Wyoming, Idaho 7.2 + 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake Alaska 9.2 1964 Alaska earthquake 8.7 1965 Rat Islands earthquake Washington 6.7 1965 Puget Sound earthquakeAlaska7.8 0 Colorado 5.3 Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well 5.2 Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection wellCalifornia6.6 01968 Borrego Mountain earthquake Illinois 5.4 1968 Illinois earthquake California 5.6, 5.7 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes Doublet 6.5–6.7 –65 1971 San Fernando earthquakeAlaska7.6 0 7.6 1975 Near Islands earthquake Hawaii 7.7 1975 Hawaii earthquakeCalifornia7.2 51980 Eureka earthquake 6.5 1983 Coalinga earthquakeHawaii6.7 01983 Kaoiki earthquake Idaho 7.3 1983 Borah Peak earthquake California 6.2 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake Ohio 5.0 0 1986 Ohio earthquakeAlaska8.0 0California6.0 01986 North Palm Springs earthquake6.4 01986 Chalfant Valley earthquake 5.9 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake6.2 01987 Superstition Hills earthquakes6.6 2Alaska7.9 07.8 0 California 6.9 1989 Loma Prieta earthquakeAlaska7.1 07.0 0 California 5.6 1991 Sierra Madre earthquakeOregon7.0 0California6.3 01992 Joshua Tree earthquake–26, 1992 6.5–7.2 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes 7.3 1992 Landers earthquake 6.5 1992 Big Bear earthquakeUtah5.8 01992 St. George earthquake Oregon 5.6 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake 6.0 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes California 6.7 1994 Northridge earthquake7.0 01994 Northern California earthquake Texas 5.7 1995 Marathon earthquakeAlaska7.9 0 Pennsylvania 5.2 1998 Pymatuning earthquake California 7.1 1999 Hector Mine earthquakeAlaska7.0 07.0 0 Washington 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake Alaska 7.9 2002 Denali earthquake7.8 02003 Alaska earthquake California 6.5 2003 San Simeon earthquake7.2 0 Florida 5.9 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake Hawaii 6.7 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake California 5.5 2007 Alum Rock earthquake Nevada 5.9 2008 Wells earthquake Illinois 5.2 2008 Illinois earthquake California 5.4 2008 Chino Hills earthquake 6.5 2010 Eureka earthquake 7.2 2010 Baja California earthquake Colorado 5.3 2011 Colorado earthquake Virginia 5.8 2011 Virginia earthquake Oklahoma 5.7 2011 Oklahoma earthquakeAlaska7.5 02013 Craig, Alaska earthquakeCalifornia6.9 02014 Cape Mendocino earthquakeCalifornia5.1 02014 La Habra earthquake Alaska 7.9 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake 6.0 2014 Palma Bay earthquake California 6.0 2014 South Napa earthquake Alaska 7.1 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake Oklahoma 5.8 2016 Oklahoma earthquake Alaska 7.9 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquakeHawaii6.9 02018 Hawaii earthquake Alaska 7.1 2018 Anchorage earthquakeCalifornia6.4 12019 Ridgecrest earthquakes 7.1 0 Utah5.7 02020 Salt Lake City earthquakeIdaho6.5 02020 Central Idaho earthquakeNevada6.5 02020 Monte Cristo Range earthquakeAlaska7.8 02020 Alaska Peninsula earthquakeNorth Carolina5.1 02020 Sparta earthquakeAlaska7.6 08.2 02021 Chignik earthquakeCalifornia6.4 Mw22022 Ferndale earthquakeNew Jersey4.8 Mw02024 New Jersey earthquakeCalifornia7.0 Mw02024 Cape Mendocino earthquake

Earthquake swarms which affected the United States: 1962–71 Denver earthquake swarm Enola earthquake swarm 2008 Reno earthquakes Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm Oklahoma earthquake swarms (2009–present)

Earthquakes which affected the United States but whose epicenters were outside the United States borders: 1925 Charlevoix–Kamouraska earthquake – magnitude 6.2 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere 1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States

Earthquakes which did not affect the United States directly, but caused tsunamis which did: 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.5 earthquake, between 2200 and 6000 fatalities, including 61 in Hilo, HI 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.3 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.0 earthquake with an epicenter southwest of American Samoa generated tsunami waves up to , killing 34 people in American Samoa and causing extensive damage 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.8 earthquake, ~525 fatalities and unknown number of injuries, none in the United States 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 15,850–28,000 fatalities and 6,011 injured, one fatality and unknown number of injuries in the United States 2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second-largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer. Over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i.

List of strongest earthquakes by states and territories Noted, magnitudes are reported on the moment magnitude scale (Mw) unless otherwise indicated. + State Magnitude Date Further information 5.1 October 18, 19161916 Irondale earthquake9.2March 27, 19641964 Alaska earthquake8.3–8.5June 26, 19171917 Samoa earthquake7.6May 3, 18871887 Sonora earthquake7.6–7.9December 16, 18111811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes7.9January 9, 1857April 16, 19061857 Fort Tejon earthquake,1906 San Francisco earthquake6.6November 8, 18821882 Fort Collins earthquake4.4–5.0 May 16, 17914.1 November 30, 20175.8August 23, 20112011 Virginia earthquake4.4January 12, 18794.5March 5, 19148.1September 22, 19027.9April 2, 18681868 Hawaii earthquake6.9October 28, 19831983 Borah Peak earthquake5.3November 9, 19681968 Illinois earthquake5.1September 27, 19091909 Wabash River earthquake5.0–5.1November 12, 19345.1April 24, 18671867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake7.6–7.9December 16, 18111811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes4.9March 5, 20265.9March 21, 19045.8August 23, 20112011 Virginia earthquake5.9November 18, 17551755 Cape Ann earthquake4.6 August 10, 19474.6 July 9, 19751975 Morris earthquake7.6–7.9December 16, 18111811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes7.6–7.9December 16, 18111811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes7.2August 17, 19591959 Hebgen Lake earthquake5.6 November 15, 18777.3December 16, 19541954 Fairview earthquake6.5June 1, 16381638 New Hampshire earthquake5.3November 29, 17831783 New Jersey earthquake6.2November 15, 19065.8September 5, 19441944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake5.2February 21, 19164.4July 8, 19685.4March 9, 19375.8September 3, 20162016 Oklahoma earthquake8.7–9.2January 26, 17001700 Cascadia earthquake5.2September 25, 19981998 Pymatuning earthquake8.0–8.3May 2, 17871787 Boricua earthquake4.7June 10, 19516.9–7.3August 31, 18861886 Charleston earthquake4.5June 2, 19117.6–7.9December 16, 18111811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes6.5August 16, 19311931 Valentine earthquake7.0November 13, 19011901 Richfield earthquake7.5November 18, 18671867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami4.0March 31, 19535.85.8–5.9August 23, 2011May 31, 18972011 Virginia earthquake1897 Giles County earthquake8.7–9.2January 26, 17001700 Cascadia earthquake5.8August 23, 20112011 Virginia earthquake4.2May 6, 19471947 Wisconsin earthquake7.2August 17, 19591959 Hebgen Lake earthquake

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