List of earthquakes in the United States
The following is a list of notable earthquakes and/or 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 USA when the quake hit.
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Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration from the United States Geological Survey, released July 17, 2014
| Date | State(s) | Magnitude | Fatalities | Further information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 26, 1700 | Washington, Oregon, California | 8.7 - 9.2 | Unknown | 1700 Cascadia earthquake |
| November 18, 1755 | Massachusetts | 5.9 | Unknown | 1755 Cape Ann earthquake |
| December 16, 1811 | Missouri | 7.2 - 8.1 | Unknown | 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes |
| December 8, 1812 | California | 6.9 | 40+ | 1812 Wrightwood earthquake |
| January 9, 1857 | California | 7.9 | 2 | 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake |
| April 24, 1867 | Kansas | 5.1 | 0 | 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake |
| April 2, 1868 | Hawaii | 7.9 | 77 | 1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami |
| October 21, 1868 | California | 6.8 - 7.0 | 30 | 1868 Hayward earthquake |
| December 14, 1872 | Washington | 6.5 - 7.0 | 0 | 1872 North Cascades earthquake |
| March 26, 1872 | California | 7.6 - 8.0+ | 27 | 1872 Lone Pine earthquake |
| August 31, 1886 | South Carolina | 7.3 | 60-110 | 1886 Charleston earthquake |
| April 18, 1906 | California | 7.9 | 3000+ | 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
| September 27, 1909 | Indiana | 5.1 | 0 | 1909 Wabash River earthquake |
| October 3, 1915 | Nevada | 7.1 | 0 | 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake |
| June 29, 1925 | California | 6.8 | 13 | 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake[1] |
| August 16, 1931 | Texas | 5.8 | 0 | 1931 Valentine earthquake |
| March 10, 1933 | California | 6.4 | 120 | 1933 Long Beach earthquake |
| May 18, 1940 | California | 6.9 | 9 | 1940 El Centro earthquake |
| December 20, 1940 | New Hampshire | 5.3 | 0 | 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes |
| December 24, 1940 | New Hampshire | 5.5 | 0 | 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes |
| April 1, 1946 | Alaska | 8.6 | 165 | 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and tsunami |
| May 6, 1947 | Wisconsin | Unknown | 0 | 1947 Wisconsin earthquake |
| December 4, 1948 | California | 6.0 - 6.5 | 0 | 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake |
| April 13, 1949 | Washington | 7.1 | 8 | 1949 Olympia earthquake |
| July 21, 1952 | California | 7.5 | 14 | 1952 Kern County earthquake |
| March 9, 1957 | Alaska | 8.6 | 0 | 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami |
| July 9, 1958 | Alaska | 8.3 | 5 (tsunami) | 1958 Lituya Bay earthquakes and megatsunami |
| August 17, 1959 | Montana, Wyoming | 7.3 - 7.5 | 28+ | 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake |
| March 27, 1964 | Alaska | 9.2 | 143 | 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami |
| February 4, 1965 | Alaska | 8.7 | 0 | 1965 Rat Islands earthquake and tsunami |
| April 29, 1965 | Washington | 6.5 | 3 | 1965 Olympia earthquake |
| 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 |
| November 9, 1968 | Illinois | 5.4 | 0 | 1968 Illinois earthquake |
| October 2, 1969 | California | 5.6 - 5.7 | 1 | 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes |
| February 9, 1971 | California | 6.6 | 65 | 1971 San Fernando earthquake |
| October 1973 | Tennessee | 4.6 | 0 | 1973 Knoxville earthquake |
| February 2, 1975 | Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | 1975 Near Islands earthquake |
| July 9, 1975 | Minnesota | 4.6 | 0 | 1975 Morris earthquake |
| November 29, 1975 | Hawaii | 7.2 | 2 | 1975 Hawaii earthquake |
| May 2, 1983 | California | 6.5 | 0 | 1983 Coalinga earthquake |
| October 28, 1983 | Idaho | 7.3 | 2 | 1983 Borah Peak earthquake |
| April 24, 1984 | California | 6.2 | 0 | 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake |
| October 1, 1987 | California | 5.9 | 8 | 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake |
| October 17, 1989 | California | 6.9 | 63 | 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake |
| June 28, 1991 | California | 5.6 | 2 | 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake |
| April 25–26, 1992 | California | 6.5 - 7.2 | 0 | 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes |
| June 28, 1992 | California | 7.3 | 3 | 1992 Landers earthquake |
| June 28, 1992 | California | 6.5 | 0 | 1992 Big Bear earthquake |
| March 25, 1993 | Oregon | 5.6 | 0 | 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake |
| September 20, 1993 | Oregon | 6.0 | 2 | 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes |
| January 17, 1994 | California | 6.7 | 33 | 1994 Northridge earthquake |
| April 14, 1995 | Texas | 5.7 | 0 | 1995 Marathon earthquake |
| May 2, 1996 | Washington | 5.6 | 0 | 1996 Duvall earthquake |
| September 25, 1998 | Pennsylvania | 5.2 | 0 | 1998 Pymatuning earthquake |
| October 16, 1999 | California | 7.1 | 0 | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake |
| February 28, 2001 | Washington | 6.8 | 1 | 2001 Nisqually earthquake |
| November 3, 2002 | Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2002 Denali earthquake |
| April 29, 2003 | Alabama | 4.6 | 0 | 2003 Alabama earthquake |
| December 9, 2003 | Virginia | 4.5 | 0 | 2003 Virginia earthquake |
| December 22, 2003 | California | 6.5 | 2 | 2003 San Simeon earthquake |
| September 10, 2006 | Florida | 5.8 | 0 | 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake |
| October 15, 2006 | Hawaii | 6.7 | 0 | 2006 Hawaii earthquake |
| October 30, 2007 | California | 5.6 | 0 | 2007 Alum Rock earthquake |
| December 19, 2007 | Alaska | 7.2 | 0 | 2007 Andreanof Islands earthquake |
| April 18, 2008 | Illinois | 5.4 | 0 | 2008 Illinois earthquake |
| July 29, 2008 | California | 5.5 | 0 | 2008 Chino Hills earthquake |
| January 9, 2010 | California | 6.5 | 0 | 2010 Eureka earthquake |
| February 10, 2010 | Illinois | 3.8 | 0 | 2010 Illinois earthquake |
| July 7, 2010 | California | 5.4 | 0 | 2010 Borrego Springs earthquake |
| December 30, 2010 | Indiana | 3.8 | 0 | 2010 Indiana earthquake |
| August 22, 2011 | Colorado | 5.3 | 0 | 2011 Colorado earthquake |
| August 23, 2011 | Virginia | 5.9 | 0 | 2011 Virginia earthquake |
| September 2, 2011 | Alaska | 6.8 | 0 | 2011 Alaska earthquake |
| November 5, 2011 | Oklahoma | 5.6 | 0 | 2011 Oklahoma earthquake |
| January 5, 2013 | Alaska | 7.5 | 0 | 2013 Craig earthquake |
| June 23, 2014 | Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake |
| July 25, 2014 | Alaska | 5.9 | 0 | 2014 Southeast Alaska earthquake |
| August 24, 2014 | California | 6.0 | 1 | 2014 South Napa earthquake |
| September 25, 2014 | Alaska | 6.2 | 0 | 2014 Southern Alaska earthquake |
Earthquake swarms which affected the United States:
- 1962-71 Denver earthquake swarm[2][3][4][5]
- Enola earthquake swarm
- 2008 Reno earthquakes
- Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm
- 2009–15 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
- 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 2200-6000 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[6]
- 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
References
- ↑ "Historic Earthquakes: Santa Barbara, California". U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
- ↑ Healy, J.H.; Rubey, W.W.; Griggs, D.T.; Raleigh, C.B. (27 September 1968). "The Denver Earthquakes: disposal of waste fluids by injection into a deep well has triggered earthquakes near Denver, Colorado" (PDF). Science 161 (3848): 1301–1310. doi:10.1126/science.161.3848.1301. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Earthquakes". Colorado Geological Survey. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ "Colorado: Earthquake History". USGS. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Calhoun, Patricia (24 August 2011). "Denver Earthquakes 40 Years Ago Were Caused by Uncle Sam, Not Mother Nature". Westword. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ↑ Gibbons, Helen (November 2009). "USGS Scientists Respond to Deadly Samoa Tsunami". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
External links
- List of historic U.S. earthquakes at the United States Geological Survey
- Earthquake data at the National Geophysical Data Center
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