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 | Magnitude | Fatalities | Article | Further information |
| Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 9.2 | Unknown | 1585 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Washington, Oregon, California | 8.7–9.2 | Unknown | 1700 Cascadia earthquake | ||
| Massachusetts | 5.9 | 0 | 1755 Cape Ann earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.0 | Unknown | |||
| Alaska | 8.0 | Unknown | |||
| Missouri | 7.5–8.0 | 100−500 | 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.9, 7.5 | 40+ | 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake | ||
| California | 7.1–7.5 | 1 | 1812 Ventura earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.8–7.2 | 0 | 1838 San Andreas earthquake | ||
| Arkansas | 6.3 | 0 | |||
| California | 7.9 | 2 | 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake | ||
| Kansas | 5.1 | 0 | 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.9 | 77 | 1868 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| California | 6.3–6.7 | 30 | 1868 Hayward earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.8 | 0 | 1871 Lānaʻi earthquake | ||
| California | 7.4–7.9 | 27 | 1872 Owens Valley earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.5–7.0 | 0 | 1872 North Cascades earthquake | ||
| California-Oregon | 7.3 | 0 | 1873 Oregon-California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| Colorado | 6.6 | 0 | 1882 Fort Collins earthquake | ||
| New York | 4.9–5.5 | 2 | |||
| South Carolina | 6.9–7.3 | 60 | 1886 Charleston earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 1 | 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes | ||
| Missouri | 6.6 | 0 | 1895 Charleston earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.4 | 6 | 1899 San Jacinto earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | |||
| Utah | 7.0 | 0 | 1901 Richfield earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | |||
| California | 7.9 | 3000+ | 1906 San Francisco earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.4 | 0 | 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Indiana | 5.1 | 0 | 1909 Wabash River earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 6 | 1915 Imperial Valley earthquakes | ||
| Nevada | 6.8 | 0 | 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8 | 0 | 1918 San Jacinto earthquake | ||
| Utah | 6.3 | 0 | 1921 Sevier Valley earthquake | ||
| California | 7.6 | 0 | |||
| California | 7.2 | 0 | |||
| Montana | 6.6 | 0 | 1925 Montana earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5–6.8 | 13 | 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | |||
| California | 7.3 | 0 | 1927 Lompoc earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | |||
| Texas | 6.5 | 0 | 1931 Valentine earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 7.2 | 0 | 1932 Cedar Mountain earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 120 | 1933 Long Beach earthquake | ||
| California | 7.1 | 0 | |||
| Utah | 6.6 | 2 | 1934 Hansel Valley earthquake | ||
| Montana | 6.2 | 4 | 1935 Helena earthquake | ||
| Oregon, Washington | 5.8 | 0 | 1936 State Line earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | 1937 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.9 | 9 | 1940 El Centro earthquake | ||
| New Hampshire | 5.3 | 0 | 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes | ||
| New Hampshire | 5.5 | 0 | 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | |||
| New York | 5.8 | 0 | 1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.6 | 165 | 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.2 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.7 | 8 | 1949 Olympia earthquake | ||
| California | 7.3 | 14 | 1952 Kern County earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.6 | 0 | 1954 Rainbow Mountain earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.8 | 0 | 1954 Stillwater earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 7.1 | 0 | 1954 Fairview Peak earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.8 | 0 | 1954 Dixie Valley earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.6 | 0 | 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | 1958 Huslia earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 5 | 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami | ||
| Montana, Wyoming, Idaho | 7.2 | 28+ | 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 9.2 | 143 | 1964 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.7 | 0 | 1965 Rat Islands earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.7 | 7 | 1965 Puget Sound earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | |||
| Colorado | 5.3 | 0 | Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well | ||
| Colorado | 5.2 | 0 | Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well | ||
| California | 6.6 | 0 | 1968 Borrego Mountain earthquake | ||
| Illinois | 5.4 | 0 | 1968 Illinois earthquake | ||
| California | 5.6, 5.7 | 1 | 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes | Doublet | |
| California | 6.5–6.7 | 58–65 | 1971 San Fernando earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | 1975 Near Islands earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.7 | 2 | 1975 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| California | 7.2 | 5 | 1980 Eureka earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1983 Coalinga earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.7 | 0 | 1983 Kaoiki earthquake | ||
| Idaho | 7.3 | 2 | 1983 Borah Peak earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 0 | 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake | ||
| January 31, 1986 | Ohio | 5.0 | 0 | 1986 Ohio earthquake | |
| Alaska | 8.0 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.0 | 0 | 1986 North Palm Springs earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1986 Chalfant Valley earthquake | ||
| California | 5.9 | 8 | 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 0 | 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.6 | 2 | 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.9 | 63 | 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| California | 5.6 | 2 | 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake | ||
| Oregon | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| California | 6.3 | 0 | 1992 Joshua Tree earthquake | ||
| –26, 1992 | California | 6.5–7.2 | 0 | 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes | |
| California | 7.3 | 3 | 1992 Landers earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1992 Big Bear earthquake | ||
| Utah | 5.8 | 0 | 1992 St. George earthquake | ||
| Oregon | 5.6 | 0 | 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake | ||
| Oregon | 6.0 | 2 | 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.7 | 57 | 1994 Northridge earthquake | ||
| California | 7.0 | 0 | 1994 Northern California earthquake | ||
| Texas | 5.7 | 0 | 1995 Marathon earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | |||
| Pennsylvania | 5.2 | 0 | 1998 Pymatuning earthquake | ||
| California | 7.1 | 0 | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | |||
| Washington | 6.8 | 1 | 2001 Nisqually earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2002 Denali earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 2003 Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 2 | 2003 San Simeon earthquake | ||
| California | 7.2 | 0 | |||
| Florida | 5.9 | 0 | 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.7 | 0 | 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake | ||
| California | 5.5 | 0 | 2007 Alum Rock earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 5.9 | 0 | 2008 Wells earthquake | ||
| Illinois | 5.2 | 0 | 2008 Illinois earthquake | ||
| California | 5.4 | 0 | 2008 Chino Hills earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 2010 Eureka earthquake | ||
| California | 7.2 | 0 | 2010 Baja California earthquake | ||
| Colorado | 5.3 | 0 | 2011 Colorado earthquake | ||
| Virginia | 5.8 | 0 | 2011 Virginia earthquake | ||
| Oklahoma | 5.7 | 0 | 2011 Oklahoma earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.5 | 0 | 2013 Craig, Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 5.1 | 0 | 2014 La Habra earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.0 | 0 | 2014 Palma Bay earthquake | ||
| California | 6.0 | 1 | 2014 South Napa earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake | ||
| Oklahoma | 5.8 | 0 | 2016 Oklahoma earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.9 | 0 | 2018 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | 2018 Anchorage earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 1 | 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes | ||
| California | 7.1 | 0 | 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes | ||
| Utah | 5.7 | 0 | 2020 Salt Lake City earthquake | ||
| Idaho | 6.5 | 0 | 2020 Central Idaho earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.5 | 0 | 2020 Monte Cristo Range earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 2020 Alaska Peninsula earthquake | ||
| North Carolina | 5.1 | 0 | 2020 Sparta earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | |||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 2021 Chignik earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 Mw | 2 | 2022 Ferndale earthquake | ||
| New Jersey | 4.8 Mw | 0 | 2024 New Jersey earthquake | ||
| California | 7.0 Mw | 0 | 2024 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
- 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
- 2010 Baja California earthquake – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
- 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.