List of earthquakes in the United States - Wikipedia List of earthquakes in the United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Wikimedia list article 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. Date State(s) Magnitude Fatalities Article Further information January 26, 1700 Washington, Oregon, California 8.7–9.2 Mw Unknown 1700 Cascadia earthquake November 18, 1755 Massachusetts 5.9 Mw  0 1755 Cape Ann earthquake July 21, 1788 Alaska 8.0 Ms Unknown 1788 Alaska earthquake[1] August 6, 1788 Alaska 8.0 Ms  Unknown 1788 Alaska earthquake[1] December 16, 1811 Missouri 7.5–8.0 Mw  100−500 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes December 8, 1812 California 6.9 Mla, 7.5 Mw  40+ 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake December 12, 1812 California 7.1–7.5 Mw  1 1812 Ventura earthquake June 2, 1823 Hawaii 7.0 ML 0 1823 Kilauea earthquake[2] June 10, 1836 California 6.5 ML  0 1836 California earthquake[2] June 1838 California 6.8–7.2 Mw  0 1838 San Andreas earthquake January 5, 1843 Arkansas 6.3 Mw  0 1843 Marked Tree earthquake[2] January 9, 1857 California 7.9 Mw  2 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake March 15, 1860 Nevada 6.5 ML Unknown 1860 Reno earthquake[3] October 8, 1865 California 6.5 ML  0 1865 California earthquake[2] April 24, 1867 Kansas 5.1 Mfa 0 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake April 2, 1868 Hawaii 7.9 Mfa  77 1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami October 21, 1868 California 6.3–6.7 ML  30 1868 Hayward earthquake February 20, 1871 Hawaii 6.8 ML  0 1871 Lāna`i earthquake[2] March 26, 1872 California 7.4–7.9 Mw  27 1872 Lone Pine earthquake[4] April 11, 1872 California 6.8 Mw  Unknown 1872 Eastern California earthquake[5] December 14, 1872 Washington 6.5–7.0 Mw  0 1872 North Cascades earthquake December 15, 1872 Washington 6.8 ML  0 1872 Cascades earthquake[2] November 23, 1873 California-Oregon 7.3 ML  0 1873 Oregon-California earthquake[2] October 26, 1880 Alaska 7.0 Ms  0 1880 Alaska earthquake[1] August 10, 1884 New York 4.9–5.5 Mfa  2 1884 Coney Island earthquake August 31, 1886 South Carolina 6.9–7.3 Mw  60 1886 Charleston earthquake April 24, 1890 California 6.3 ML  0 1890 California earthquake[2] April 19, 1892 California 6.4 ML  1 1892 Vacaville earthquake[2] April 21, 1892 California 6.4 ML  0 1892 Winters earthquake[2] October 31, 1895 Missouri 6.6 ML  0 1895 Charleston earthquake[2] November 4, 1897 Montana 6.4 Mfa  Unknown 1897 Montana earthquake[6] March 30, 1898 California 6.5 Ms  0 1898 Sonoma earthquake[1] April 15, 1898 California 6.8 ML  0 1898 California earthquake[2] June 29, 1898 Alaska 7.6 Ms  0 1898 Alaska earthquake[1] September 4, 1899 Alaska 8.2 Ms  0 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes[1] September 10, 1899 Alaska 8.2 Mw  0 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes[1] December 25, 1899 California 6.4 Ms  6 1899 Christmas earthquake[1] October 9, 1900 Alaska 7.9 Mw  0 1900 Alaska earthquake[7] March 3, 1901 California 6.4 Ms  0 1901 California earthquake[2] November 14, 1901 Utah 7.0 Mw  0 1901 Richfield earthquake December 31, 1901 Alaska 7.8 Ms  0 1901 Aleutian earthquake[1] January 1, 1902 Alaska 7.8 M 0 1902 Aleutian earthquake[1] August 27, 1904 Alaska 7.3 Ms  0 1904 Alaska earthquake[2] April 18, 1906 California 7.9 Mw  3,000+ 1906 San Francisco earthquake August 17, 1906 Alaska 8.4 Mw  0 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake November 4, 1908 California 6.5 Ms  0 1908 California earthquake[8] September 27, 1909 Indiana 5.1 Mfa  0 1909 Wabash River earthquake July 1, 1911 California 6.5 Ms  0 1911 California earthquake[2] June 23, 1915 California 6.2 M 6 1915 El Centro earthquake[1] October 3, 1915 Nevada 6.8 Mw  0 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake April 21, 1918 California 6.8 M 0 1918 California earthquake[1] April 21, 1918 California 6.3 Mw  0 1921 Sevier Valley earthquake January 31, 1922 California 7.6 MGR 0 1922 California earthquake[2] January 22, 1923 California 7.2 MGR  0 1923 California earthquake[2] June 28, 1925 Montana 6.6 Mw  0 1925 Montana earthquake[2] June 29, 1925 California 6.5–6.8 Mw  13 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake October 24, 1927 Alaska 7.3 Mw  0 1927 Southeastern Alaska earthquake[9] November 4, 1927 California 7.3 Mw  0 1927 Lompoc earthquake[1] March 7, 1929 Alaska 7.8 Mw  0 1929 Aleutian Islands earthquake[10] August 16, 1931 Texas 6.5 Mw  0 1931 Valentine earthquake December 21, 1932 Nevada 7.2 Mw  0 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake[2] March 10, 1933 California 6.4 Mw  120 1933 Long Beach earthquake December 31, 1934 California 7.1 M 0 1934 Imperial Valley earthquake[1] March 12, 1934 Utah 6.6 Mw  2 Hansel Valley earthquake[11] October 18, 1935 Montana 6.2 Ms  4 1935 Helena earthquake July 15, 1936 Oregon, Washington 5.8 ML  0 1936 State Line earthquake July 22, 1937 Alaska 7.3 Ms  0 1937 Alaska earthquake[2] January 23, 1938 Hawaii 6.8 Ms  0 1938 Maui earthquake[2] November 10, 1938 Alaska 8.2 Mw  0 1938 Alaska Peninsula earthquake[12] May 18, 1940 California 6.9 Mw  9 1940 El Centro earthquake December 20, 1940 New Hampshire 5.3 Mw  0 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes December 24, 1940 New Hampshire 5.5 Mw  0 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes February 9, 1941 California 6.6 Ms  0 1941 California earthquake[1] November 3, 1943 Alaska 7.6 Mw  0 1943 Southern Alaska earthquake[13] April 1, 1946 Alaska 8.6 Mw  165 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and tsunami April 10, 1947 California 6.4 M 0 1947 California earthquake[1] October 16, 1947 Alaska 7.2 Mw  0 1947 Alaska earthquake[2] December 4, 1948 California 6.4 Mw  0 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake April 13, 1949 Washington 6.7 Mw  8 1949 Olympia earthquake August 21, 1951 Hawaii 6.9 Ms  0 1951 Hawaii earthquake[2] July 21, 1952 California 7.3 Mw  14 1952 Kern County earthquake July 6, 1954 Nevada 6.6 Mw  0 1954 Rainbow Mountain earthquake[2] August 24, 1954 Nevada 6.8 Mw  0 1954 Stillwater earthquake[2] December 16, 1954 Nevada 7.1 Mw  0 1954 Fairview Peak earthquake[2] December 16, 1954 Nevada 6.8 Mw  0 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake[2] March 9, 1957 Alaska 8.6 Mw  0 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami April 7, 1958 Alaska 7.3 Mw  0 1958 Huslia earthquake[2] July 9, 1958 Alaska 7.8 Mw  5 (tsunami) 1958 Lituya Bay earthquakes and megatsunami August 18, 1959 Montana, Wyoming, Idaho 7.2 Mw  28+ 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake March 27, 1964 Alaska 9.2 Mw  143 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami February 4, 1965 Alaska 8.7 Mw  0 1965 Rat Islands earthquake and tsunami April 29, 1965 Washington 6.7 Mw  7 1965 Puget Sound earthquake July 2, 1965 Alaska 7.8 Mw  0 1965 Fox Islands earthquake[14] August 9, 1967 Colorado 5.3 0 Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well November 26, 1967 Colorado 5.2 0 Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well April 8, 1968 California 6.6 Mw  0 1968 Borrego Mountain earthquake November 9, 1968 Illinois 5.4 mb 0 1968 Illinois earthquake October 2, 1969 California 5.6, 5.7 ML  1 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes Doublet February 9, 1971 California 6.5–6.7 Mw  58–65 1971 San Fernando earthquake July 30, 1972 Alaska 7.6 Mw  0 1972 Alaska earthquake[15] February 2, 1975 Alaska 7.6 Ms  0 1975 Near Islands earthquake November 29, 1975 Hawaii 7.7 Mw  2 1975 Hawaii earthquake[16] November 8, 1980 California 7.2 Mw  5 1980 Northern California earthquake[17] May 2, 1983 California 6.5 Mw  0 1983 Coalinga earthquake November 16, 1983 Hawaii 6.7 Mw  0 1983 Hawaii earthquake[2] October 28, 1983 Idaho 7.3 Mw  2 1983 Borah Peak earthquake April 24, 1984 California 6.2 Mw  0 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake May 7, 1986 Alaska 8.0 Mw  0 1986 Aleutian Islands earthquake[18] July 8, 1986 California 6.0 Mw  0 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake July 21, 1986 California 6.4 ML  0 1986 Chalfant Valley earthquake[19] October 1, 1987 California 5.9 Mw  8 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake November 23, 1987 California 6.2 Ms  0 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes[1] November 24, 1987 California 6.6 Mw  2 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes November 30, 1987 Alaska 7.9 Mw  0 1987 Gulf of Alaska earthquake[20] March 6, 1988 Alaska 7.8 Mw  0 1988 Gulf of Alaska earthquake[21] October 17, 1989 California 6.9 Mw  63 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake September 4, 1989 Alaska 7.1 Mw  0 1989 Alaska Peninsula earthquake[22] May 30, 1991 Alaska 7.0 Mw  0 1991 Aleutian Islands earthquake[23] June 28, 1991 California 5.6 Mw  2 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake August 17, 1991 Oregon 7.0 Mh 0 1991 Juan De Fuca earthquake[24] August 17, 1991 California 6.2 Ms  0 1991 Honeydew earthquake[1] April 23, 1992 California 6.3 Ms  0 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake[1] April 25–26, 1992 California 6.5–7.2 Mw  0 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes June 28, 1992 California 7.3 Mw  3 1992 Landers earthquake June 28, 1992 California 6.5 Mw  0 1992 Big Bear earthquake September 2, 1992 Utah 5.8 ML  0 1992 St. George earthquake[25] March 25, 1993 Oregon 5.6 Md  0 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake September 20, 1993 Oregon 6.0 Md  2 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes January 17, 1994 California 6.7 Mw  57 1994 Northridge earthquake September 1, 1994 California 7.0 Mw  0 1994 Northern California earthquake[26] April 14, 1995 Texas 5.7 Mw  0 1995 Marathon earthquake June 10, 1996 Alaska 7.9 Mwc 0 1996 Andreanof Islands earthquake[27] September 25, 1998 Pennsylvania 5.2 mbLg 0 1998 Pymatuning earthquake October 16, 1999 California 7.1 Mw  0 1999 Hector Mine earthquake December 6, 1999 Alaska 7.0 Mw  0 1999 Kodiak Islands earthquake[28] January 10, 2001 Alaska 7.0 Mw  0 2001 Kodiak Islands earthquake[29] February 28, 2001 Washington 6.8 Md 1 2001 Nisqually earthquake November 3, 2002 Alaska 7.9 Mw  0 2002 Denali earthquake November 17, 2003 Alaska 7.8 Mwc  0 2003 Alaska earthquake[30] December 22, 2003 California 6.5 Mw  2 2003 San Simeon earthquake June 15, 2005 California 7.2 Mwc  0 2005 Juan De Fuca earthquake[31] September 10, 2006 Florida 5.9 Mwc  0 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake October 15, 2006 Hawaii 6.7 Md  0 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake October 30, 2007 California 5.5 Mw  0 2007 Alum Rock earthquake February 21, 2008 Nevada 5.9 Mw  0 2008 Wells earthquake April 18, 2008 Illinois 5.2 Mw  0 2008 Illinois earthquake July 29, 2008 California 5.4 Mw  0 2008 Chino Hills earthquake January 9, 2010 California 6.5 Mw  0 2010 Eureka earthquake July 7, 2010 California 5.4 Mw  0 2010 Borrego Springs earthquake August 22, 2011 Colorado 5.3 Mwr 0 2011 Colorado earthquake August 23, 2011 Virginia 5.8 Mw  0 2011 Virginia earthquake November 5, 2011 Oklahoma 5.7 Mww  0 2011 Oklahoma earthquake January 5, 2013 Alaska 7.5 Mw  0 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake[32] March 10, 2014 California 6.8 Mw  0 2014 Ferndale earthquake[33] June 23, 2014 Alaska 7.9 Mww  0 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake July 25, 2014 Alaska 6.0 Mw  0 2014 Southeast Alaska earthquake August 24, 2014 California 6.0 Mw  1 2014 South Napa earthquake September 25, 2014 Alaska 6.2 ML  0 2014 Southern Alaska earthquake May 29, 2015 Alaska 6.8 Mw  0 2015 Chirikof Island earthquake[34] July 27, 2015 Alaska 6.9 Mww 0 2015 Nikolski earthquake[35] July 29, 2015 Alaska 6.4 Mw  0 2015 Redoubt Volcano earthquake[36] January 24, 2016 Alaska 7.1 Mw  0 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake September 3, 2016 Oklahoma 5.8 Mww  0 2016 Oklahoma earthquake December 8, 2016 California 6.6 Mww  0 2016 Ferndale earthquake[37] January 23, 2018 Alaska 7.9 Mww  0 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake May 4, 2018 Hawaii 6.9 Mww  0 2018 Hawaii earthquake August 12, 2018 Alaska 6.4, 6.0 Mw  0 2018 Kaktovik earthquakes[38][39] November 30, 2018 Alaska 7.1 Mww  0 2018 Anchorage earthquake July 4, 2019 California 6.4 Mw  1 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes July 5, 2019 California 7.1 Mw  0 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes August 29, 2019 Oregon 6.3 Mww  0 2019 Oregon Coast earthquake[40] January 23, 2020 Alaska 6.2 Mww  0 2020 Tanaga Volcano earthquake[41] March 18, 2020 Utah 5.7 Mw  0 2020 Salt Lake City earthquake March 31, 2020 Idaho 6.5 Mww  0 2020 Central Idaho earthquake May 15, 2020 Nevada 6.5 ML  0 2020 Nevada earthquake[42] July 22, 2020 Alaska 7.8 Mw  0 2020 Alaska earthquake[43] August 9, 2020 North Carolina 5.1 Mw  0 2020 Sparta earthquake[44] October 19, 2020 Alaska 7.6 Mww  0 2020 Sand Point earthquake[45] Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration from the United States Geological Survey, released July 17, 2014 Earthquake swarms which affected the United States: 1962–71 Denver earthquake swarm[46] Enola earthquake swarm 2008 Reno earthquakes Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm 2009–present Oklahoma earthquake swarms 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 120 miles (190 km) southwest of American Samoa generated tsunami waves up to 16 feet (5 m), killing 34 people in American Samoa and causing extensive damage[47] 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 See also[edit] Geology of North America Geology of the United States List of historical tsunamis Lists of 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Retrieved June 5, 2019. v t e Earthquakes in the United States Historical 1638 New Hampshire 1663 Charlevoix 1700 Cascadia 1755 Cape Ann 1811–12 New Madrid 1812 San Juan Capistrano 1812 Santa Barbara 1838 San Andreas 1857 Fort Tejon 1865 Memphis 1867 Manhattan, Kansas 1868 Hawaii 1868 Hayward 1871 Lāna`i 1872 Owens Valley 1872 North Cascades 1886 Charleston 1887 Sonora 1892 Laguna Salada 1892 Vacaville–Winters 1898 Mare Island 20th-century 1901 Richfield 1906 San Francisco 1906 Aleutian Islands 1909 Wabash River 1914 Reno 1915 Pleasant Valley 1916 Irondale 1918 San Jacinto 1921 Sevier Valley 1925 Santa Barbara 1927 Lompoc 1931 Valentine 1932 Eureka 1932 Cedar Mountain 1933 Long Beach 1934 Hansel Valley 1935 Helena 1936 State Line 1940 El Centro 1940 New Hampshire 1944 Cornwall–Massena 1946 Aleutian Islands 1947 Wisconsin 1948 Desert Hot Springs 1949 Olympia 1952 Kern County 1954 Churchill County 1957 Andreanof Islands 1957 San Francisco 1958 Huslia 1958 Lituya Bay 1959 Hebgen Lake 1962 Cache Valley 1964 Alaska 1965 Rat Islands 1965 Puget Sound 1968 Borrego Mountain 1968 Illinois 1969 Santa Rosa 1971 San Fernando 1973 Point Mugu 1975 Near Islands 1975 Morris 1975 Hawaii 1979 Coyote Lake 1979 Imperial Valley 1980 Eureka 1981 Westmorland 1983 Coalinga 1983 Borah Peak 1984 Morgan Hill 1986 North Palm Springs 1986 Chalfant Valley 1987 Whittier Narrows 1987 Imperial Valley 1989 Loma Prieta 1990 Upland 1991 Sierra Madre 1992 Big Bear 1992 Cape Mendocino 1992 Landers 1992 St. George 1993 Scotts Mills 1993 Klamath Falls 1994 Northridge 1995 Marathon 1998 Pymatuning 1999 Hector Mine 2000 Yountville 21st-century 2001 Nisqually 2002 Denali 2003 Alabama 2003 San Simeon 2006 Gulf of Mexico 2006 Kiholo Bay 2008 Illinois 2008 Chino Hills 2008 Reno 2008 Wells 2010 Eureka 2010 Baja California 2010 Indiana 2011 Colorado 2011 Virginia 2011 Oklahoma 2013 Port Alexander 2014 Aleutian Islands 2014 Southeast Alaska 2014 South Napa 2016 Oklahoma 2018 Alaska 2018 Hawaii 2018 Anchorage 2018 Southern Appalachian 2019 Ridgecrest 2020 Salt Lake City 2020 Central Idaho 2020 Monte Cristo Range 2020 Sparta earthquake Swarms 2001 Enola 2008 Reno 2010–11 Guy-Greenbrier 2012 Brawley 2009–present Oklahoma 2019 Ridgecrest Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_earthquakes_in_the_United_States&oldid=1003224787" Categories: Earthquakes in the United States Lists of earthquakes by country Lists of disasters in the United States United States geology-related lists Tsunamis in the United States Lists of earthquakes in the United States Hidden categories: CS1 errors: missing title CS1 errors: bare URL Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles using Mw magnitude scale Articles using MS magnitude scale Articles using Mla magnitude scale Articles using ML magnitude scale Articles using Mfa magnitude scale Articles with unspecified earthquake magnitude and/or scale Articles using Mgr magnitude scale Articles using mb magnitude scale Articles using Mh for magnitude Articles using Md magnitude scale Articles using Mwc magnitude scale Articles using MbLg magnitude scale Articles using Mwr magnitude scale Articles using Mww magnitude scale Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages Français 한국어 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 28 January 2021, at 00:22 (UTC). 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