Historic United States Earthquakes

Historic United States Earthquakes

Selected earthquakes of general historic interest.
All earthquake dates are UTC, not local time.

• • 2010 01 10 – Offshore Northern California – M 6.5

• • 2009 08 18 – Colorado – M 3.7
  • 2009 06 08 – San Francisco Bay Area, California – M 3.5
  • 2009 05 18 – Greater Los Angeles Area, California – M 4.7
  • 2009 04 30 – Northern California – M 3.5
  • 2009 04 14 – Island of Hawaii, Hawaii – M 5.2
  • 2009 03 30 – Northern California – M 4.3
  • 2009 03 08 – San Francisco Bay area, California – M 3.5
  • 2009 02 03 – New Jersey – M 3.0
  • 2009 01 30 – Seattle-Tacoma Urban Area – M 4.5
  • 2009 01 24 – Southern Alaska – M 5.8
  • 2009 01 09 – Greater Los Angeles Area, California – M 4.5

• • 2008 07 29 – Greater Los Angeles area, California – M 5.5
  • 2008 05 02 – Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.6
  • 2008 04 30 – Northern California – M 5.4
  • 2008 04 26 – Nevada – M 5.0
  • 2008 04 18 – Illinois – M 5.4
  • 2008 04 16 – Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.6
  • 2008 02 21 – Nevada – M 6.0

• • 2007 12 26 – Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.4
  • 2007 12 19 – Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 7.2
  • 2007 10 31 – San Francisco Bay Area, California – M 5.6
  • 2007 08 15 – Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.5
  • 2007 08 14 – Island of Hawaii, Hawaii – M 5.4
  • 2007 08 09 – Greater Los Angeles area, California – M 4.4
  • 2007 08 02 – Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.7
  • 2007 07 20 – San Francisco Bay area, California – M 4.2
  • 2007 07 02 – Central California – M 4.3
  • 2007 05 09 – Offshore Northern California – M 5.2
  • 2007 05 08 – Western Montana – M 4.5

• • 2006 10 20 – Northern California – M 4.5
  • 2006 10 15 – Hawaii region, Hawaii – M 6.7
  • 2006 10 02 – Maine – M 3.8
  • 2006 07 27 – Southern Alaska – M 4.8
  • 2006 03 22 – Western Montana – M 4.2
  • 2006 02 10 – Colorado – M 3.8
  • 2006 01 02 – Illinois – M 3.6

• • 2005 12 19 – New Mexico – M 4.1
  • 2005 10 31 – Western Montana – M 4.5
  • 2005 09 22 – Central California – M 4.7
  • 2005 08 10 – New Mexico – M 5.0
  • 2005 07 26 – Western Montana – M 5.6
  • 2005 07 17 – Hawaii region, Hawaii – M 5.1
  • 2005 07 15 – Hawaii region, Hawaii – M 5.3
  • 2005 06 17 – Off the Coast of Northern California – M 6.6
  • 2005 06 16 – Greater Los Angeles Area, California – M 4.9
  • 2005 06 15 – Off the Coast of Northern California – M 7.2
  • 2005 06 14 – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 6.8
  • 2005 06 12 – Southern California – M 5.2
  • 2005 05 06 – Central California – M 4.1
  • 2005 05 01 – Arkansas – M 4.2
  • 2005 02 10 – Arkansas – M 4.1

• • 2004 09 28 – Central California – M 6.0
  • 2004 09 17 – Eastern Kentucky – M 3.7
  • 2004 08 29 – Wyoming – M 3.8
  • 2004 08 19 – Alabama – M 3.6
  • 2004 07 12 – Offshore Oregon – M 4.9
  • 2004 06 28 – Southeastern Alaska – M 6.8
  • 2004 06 28 – Illinois – M 4.2
  • 2004 05 30 – Pine Mountain Club, California – M 3.0
  • 2004 04 07 – Wyoming – M 4.0
  • 2004 01 07 – Wyoming – M 5.0

• • 2003 12 22 – San Simeon, California – M 6.6 Fatalities 2
  • 2003 12 09 – Virginia – M 4.5
  • 2003 11 17 – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 7.8
  • 2003 10 19 – near Orinda, California – M 3.5
  • 2003 10 07 – near Imperial Beach, California – M 3.6
  • 2003 09 22 – Rathdrum, Idaho – M 3.3
  • 2003 09 13 – near Simi Valley, California – M 3.4
  • 2003 09 05 – near Piedmont, California – M 4.0
  • 2003 08 27 – Volcano, Hawaii – M 4.7
  • 2003 08 27 – Val Verde, California – M 3.9
  • 2003 08 26 – New Jersey – M 3.8
  • 2003 08 21 – Wyoming – M 4.5
  • 2003 08 15 – Humboldt Hill, California – M 5.3
  • 2003 07 22 – Near the coast of Massachusetts – M 3.6
  • 2003 06 23 – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands – M 6.9
  • 2003 06 20 – Carnation, Washington – M 3.6
  • 2003 06 06 – Western Kentucky – M 4.0
  • 2003 05 30 – Port Orchard, Washington – M 3.7
  • 2003 05 26 – Muir Beach, California – M 3.4
  • 2003 05 26 – Seven Trees, California – M 3.8
  • 2003 05 25 – South Dakota – M 4.0
  • 2003 05 25 – Santa Rosa, California – M 4.2
  • 2003 05 24 – Brawley, California – M 4.0
  • 2003 05 05 – Virginia – M 3.9
  • 2003 04 30 – Blytheville, Arkansas – M 4.0
  • 2003 04 29 – Alabama – M 4.6
  • 2003 03 17 – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 2003 03 11 – Twentynine Palms Base, California – M 4.6
  • 2003 02 22 – Big Bear City, California – M 5.2
  • 2003 02 19 – Unimak Island Region, Alaska – M 6.6
  • 2003 02 02 – Dublin, CA, Swarm – M 4.1
  • 2003 01 25 – Keene, California – M 4.7
  • 2003 01 16 – Blanco Fracture Zone – Offshore Oregon, – M 6.3

• • 2002 12 25 – Redford, New York – M 3.3
  • 2002 12 24 – Pacifica, California – M 3.6
  • 2002 11 24 – Swarm near San Ramon, California – M 3.9
  • 2002 11 11 – Seabrook Island, South Carolina – M 4.4
  • 2002 11 03 – Denali Fault, Alaska – M 7.9
  • 2002 10 23 – Denali, Alaska – M 6.7
  • 2002 10 22 – Alpine Northeast, Wyoming – M 4.2
  • 2002 09 21 – Friday Harbor, Washington – M 4.1
  • 2002 09 03 – Yorba Linda, California – M 4.8
  • 2002 06 29 – near Mt. Hood Volcano, Oregon – M 4.5
  • 2002 06 18 – Darmstadt, Indiana – M 4.6
  • 2002 06 17 – Bayview, California – M 5.3
  • 2002 06 16 – Kitsap Peninsula, Washington – M 3.7
  • 2002 05 24 – Plattsburgh Aftershock – M 3.6
  • 2002 05 14 – Gilroy, California – M 4.9
  • 2002 04 20 – Au Sable Forks, New York – M 5.1
  • 2002 03 16 – near Channel Islands Beach, California – M 4.6
  • 2002 02 06 – near Knik, Alaska – M 5.3

• • 2001 02 28 – Nisqually, Washington – M 6.8

• • 2000 09 03 – Napa, California – M 5.0

• • 1999 10 16 – Hector Mine, California – M 7.1
  • 1998 09 25 – Pennsylvania – M 5.2
  • 1996 06 10 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 7.9
  • 1995 02 03 – Wyoming – M 5.3 Fatalities 1
  • 1994 09 01 – Cape Mendocino, California – M 7.0
  • 1994 01 17 – Northridge, California – M 6.7 Fatalities 60
  • 1994 01 16 – Pennsylvania – M 4.6
  • 1993 09 21 – Klamath Falls, Oregon – M 6.0 Fatalities 2
  • 1992 09 02 – Utah – M 5.6
  • 1992 06 29 – Little Skull Mountain, Nevada – M 5.7
  • 1992 06 28 – Big Bear, California – M 6.5
  • 1992 06 28 – Landers, California – M 7.3 Fatalities 3
  • 1992 04 25 – Cape Mendocino, California – M 7.2
  • 1992 04 23 – Joshua Tree – M 6.2
  • 1991 08 17 – Honeydew, California – M 7.0
  • 1991 06 28 – Sierra Madre, California – M 5.6 Fatalities 2
  • 1990 01 13 – Maryland – M 2.5
  • 1989 10 18 – Loma Prieta, California – M 6.9 Fatalities 63
  • 1989 08 08 – Santa Cruz County, California – M 5.4 Fatalities 1
  • 1988 03 06 – Gulf of Alaska – M 7.7
  • 1987 11 30 – Gulf of Alaska – M 7.8
  • 1987 11 24 – Superstition Hills, California – M 6.7
  • 1987 11 24 – Superstition Hills, California – M 6.5 Fatalities 2
  • 1987 10 04 – Whittier Narrows, California – M 5.6 Fatalities 1
  • 1987 10 01 – Whittier Narrows, California – M 5.9 Fatalities 8
  • 1987 06 10 – Near Olney, Illinois – M 5.1
  • 1986 07 21 – Chalfant Valley, California – M 6.2
  • 1986 07 08 – North Palm Springs, California – M 6.1
  • 1986 05 07 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 7.9
  • 1986 01 31 – Northeast Ohio – M 5.0
  • 1984 11 23 – Round Valley, California – M 5.8
  • 1984 04 24 – Morgan Hill, California – M 6.2
  • 1984 04 23 – Lancaster County, Pennsylvania – M 4.4
  • 1983 11 16 – Kaoiki, Hawaii – M 6.7
  • 1983 10 28 – Borah Peak, Idaho – M 6.9 Fatalities 2
  • 1983 10 07 – Blue Mountain Lake, New York – M 5.3
  • 1983 05 02 – Coalinga, California – M 6.4
  • 1980 11 08 – Humboldt County, California – M 7.2
  • 1980 07 27 – Maysville, Kentucky – M 5.2
  • 1980 05 27 – Mammoth Lakes, California – M 6.0
  • 1980 05 25 – Mammoth Lakes, California – M 6.2
  • 1980 05 18 – Mount St. Helens, Washington – M 5.0
  • 1980 01 27 – Livermore, California – M 5.8
  • 1980 01 24 – Livermore Valley, California – M 5.8
  • 1979 10 15 – Imperial Valley, Mexico – California Border – M 6.4
  • 1979 08 06 – Coyote Lake, California – M 5.7
  • 1979 02 28 – Mt. St. Elias, Alaska – M 7.5
  • 1976 03 11 – Newport, Rhode Island – M 3.5
  • 1975 11 29 – Kalapana, Hawaii – M 7.2 Fatalities 2
  • 1975 08 01 – Oroville, California – M 5.8
  • 1975 07 09 – Western Minnesota – M 4.6
  • 1975 06 30 – Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming – M 6.1
  • 1975 03 02 – Eastern Idaho – M 6.2
  • 1975 02 02 – Near Islands, Alaska – M 7.6
  • 1973 04 26 – Island of Hawaii, Hawaii – M 6.2
  • 1972 07 30 – Sitka, Alaska – M 7.6
  • 1971 02 09 – San Fernando, California – M 6.6 Fatalities 65
  • 1969 11 20 – Southern West Virginia – M 4.5
  • 1969 10 02 – Santa Rosa, California – M 5.7 Fatalities 1
  • 1968 11 09 – Southern Illinois – M 5.4
  • 1967 08 09 – Denver, Colorado – M 5.3
  • 1966 09 12 – Truckee, California – M 5.9
  • 1966 08 07 – Rat Islands, Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1966 06 28 – Parkfield, California – M 6.1
  • 1966 01 23 – Dulce, New Mexico – M 5.1
  • 1965 04 29 – Puget Sound, Washington – M 6.5 Fatalities 7
  • 1965 03 30 – Rat Islands, Alaska – M 7.3
  • 1965 02 04 – Rat Islands, Alaska – M 8.7
  • 1964 03 28 – Merriman, Nebraska – M 5.1
  • 1964 03 28 – Prince William Sound, Alaska – M 9.2 Fatalities 128
  • 1962 04 10 – Vermont – M 4.2
  • 1959 08 18 – Wyoming – M 6.5
  • 1959 08 18 – Hebgen Lake, Montana – M 7.3 Fatalities 28
  • 1959 07 21 – Arizona – Utah Border – M 5.6
  • 1958 07 10 – Lituya Bay, Alaska – M 7.7 Fatalities 5
  • 1958 04 07 – Huslia, Alaska – M 7.3
  • 1957 03 22 – Daly City, California – M 5.3 Fatalities 1
  • 1957 03 16 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1957 03 14 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1957 03 12 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1957 03 09 – Fox Islands, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1957 03 09 – Andreanof Islands, Alaska – M 8.6
  • 1955 10 24 – Concord, California – M 5.4 Fatalities 1
  • 1954 12 21 – Eureka, California – M 6.5 Fatalities 1
  • 1954 12 16 – Dixie Valley, Nevada – M 6.8
  • 1954 12 16 – Fairview Peak, Nevada – M 7.1
  • 1954 08 24 – Stillwater, Nevada – M 6.8
  • 1954 07 06 – Fallon-Stillwater area, Nevada – M 6.6
  • 1953 01 05 – Near Islands, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1952 08 22 – Kern County, California – M 5.8 Fatalities 2
  • 1952 07 21 – Kern County, California – M 7.3 Fatalities 12
  • 1952 04 09 – El Reno, Oklahoma – M 5.5
  • 1951 08 21 – Kona, Hawaii – M 6.9
  • 1949 04 13 – Puget Sound, Washington – M 7.1 Fatalities 8
  • 1947 11 23 – Southwest Montana – M 6.3
  • 1947 10 16 – Wood River, Alaska – M 7.2
  • 1947 08 10 – Southern Michigan – M 4.6
  • 1947 05 06 – Wisconsin
  • 1946 04 01 – Unimak Island, Alaska – M 8.1 Fatalities 165
  • 1944 09 05 – Between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada – M 5.8
  • 1944 07 12 – Sheep Mountain, Idaho – M 6.1
  • 1943 11 03 – Skwenta, Alaska – M 7.4
  • 1940 12 24 – Ossipee Lake, New Hampshire – M 5.5
  • 1940 12 20 – Ossipee Lake, New Hampshire – M 5.5
  • 1940 05 19 – Imperial Valley, California – M 7.1 Fatalities 9
  • 1938 11 10 – Shumagin Islands, Alaska – M 8.2
  • 1938 01 23 – Maui, Hawaii – M 6.8
  • 1937 07 22 – Central Alaska – M 7.3
  • 1937 03 09 – Western Ohio – M 5.4
  • 1935 10 31 – Helena, Montana – M 6.0 Fatalities 2
  • 1935 10 19 – Helena, Montana – M 6.3 Fatalities 2
  • 1935 10 12 – Helena, Montana – M 5.9
  • 1934 06 08 – Parkfield, California – M 6.1
  • 1934 05 04 – Chugach Mountains, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1934 03 12 – Kosmo, Utah – M 6.6 Fatalities 2
  • 1934 01 30 – Excelsior Mountains, Nevada – M 6.5
  • 1933 03 11 – Long Beach, California – M 6.4 Fatalities 115
  • 1932 12 21 – Cedar Mountain, Nevada – M 7.2
  • 1932 06 06 – Eureka, California – M 6.4 Fatalities 1
  • 1931 12 17 – Charleston, Mississippi – M 4.6
  • 1931 08 16 – Valentine, Texas – M 5.8
  • 1930 10 19 – Napoleonville, Louisiana – M 4.2
  • 1929 10 06 – Holualoa, Hawaii – M 6.5
  • 1929 03 07 – Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 7.8
  • 1928 11 03 – Eastern Tennessee – M 4.5
  • 1927 11 04 – Lompoc, California – M 7.1
  • 1927 10 24 – Southeast Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1926 10 22 – Monterey Bay, California – M 6.1
  • 1926 06 29 – Santa Barbara, California – M 5.5 Fatalities 1
  • 1925 06 29 – Santa Barbara, California – M 6.8 Fatalities 13
  • 1925 06 28 – Clarkston Valley, Montana – M 6.6
  • 1923 01 22 – Humbolt County, California – M 7.2
  • 1922 03 10 – Parkfield, California – M 6.1
  • 1922 01 31 – Eureka, California – M 7.3
  • 1918 04 21 – San Jacinto, California – M 6.8 Fatalities 1
  • 1916 10 18 – Irondale, Alabama – M 5.1
  • 1916 02 21 – Waynesville, North Carolina – M 5.2
  • 1915 10 03 – Pleasant Valley, Nevada – M 7.1
  • 1915 06 23 – Imperial Valley, California – M 6.3 Fatalities 6
  • 1914 03 05 – Georgia – M 4.5
  • 1912 07 07 – Paxson, Alaska – M 7.2
  • 1911 07 01 – Calaveras fault, California – M 6.5
  • 1911 06 02 – South Dakota – M 4.5
  • 1910 09 09 – Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1910 08 05 – Oregon – M 6.8
  • 1909 09 27 – Wabash River Valley, Indiana – M 5.1
  • 1909 05 26 – Aurora, Illinois – M 5.1
  • 1909 05 16 – North Dakota – M 5.5
  • 1908 05 15 – Gulf of Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1906 11 15 – Socorro area, New Mexico – Intensity VII
  • 1906 07 12 – Socorro area, New Mexico – Intensity VII
  • 1906 04 18 – San Francisco, California – M 7.8 Fatalities 3000
  • 1905 04 13 – Iowa
  • 1904 08 27 – Fairbanks, Alaska – M 7.3
  • 1904 03 21 – Southeast Maine – M 5.1
  • 1901 12 31 – Cook Inlet, Alaska – M 7.1
  • 1901 05 17 – Near Portsmouth, Ohio – M 4.2
  • 1901 03 03 – Parkfield, California – M 6.4
  • 1900 10 09 – Kodiak Island, Alaska – M 7.7

• • 1899 12 25 – San Jacinto, California – M 6.7 Fatalities 6
  • 1899 09 23 – Copper River delta, Alaska – M 7.0
  • 1899 09 10 – Yakutat Bay, Alaska – M 8.0
  • 1899 09 04 – Cape Yakataga, Alaska – M 7.9
  • 1899 04 16 – Eureka, California – M 7.0
  • 1898 04 15 – Mendocino County, California – M 6.8
  • 1898 03 31 – Mare Island, California – M 6.3
  • 1897 06 20 – Calaveras fault, California – M 6.3
  • 1897 05 31 – Giles County, Virginia – M 5.9
  • 1895 10 31 – Charleston, Missouri – M 6.6
  • 1892 04 21 – Winters, California – M 6.4
  • 1892 04 19 – Vacaville, California – M 6.4 Fatalities 1
  • 1892 02 24 – Imperial Valley, California – M 7.8
  • 1890 02 24 – Corralitos, California – M 6.3
  • 1886 09 01 – Charleston, South Carolina – M 7.3 Fatalities 60
  • 1884 09 19 – Near Lima, Ohio – M 4.8
  • 1884 08 10 – New York City, New York – M 5.5
  • 1882 11 08 – Denver, Colorado – M 6.6
  • 1879 01 13 – St. Augustine, Florida
  • 1877 11 15 – Eastern Nebraska – M 5.1
  • 1873 11 23 – California – Oregon Coast – M 7.3
  • 1872 12 15 – Lake Chelan, Washington – M 6.8
  • 1872 03 26 – Owens Valley, California – M 7.4 Fatalities 27
  • 1871 10 09 – New Jersey – Delaware border
  • 1871 10 09 – New Jersey – Delaware border
  • 1871 02 20 – Lanai, Hawaii – M 6.8
  • 1868 10 21 – Hayward, California – M 6.8 Fatalities 30
  • 1868 04 03 – Ka’u District, Island of Hawaii – M 7.9 Fatalities 77
  • 1868 03 29 – Ka’u District, Island of Hawaii – M 7.0
  • 1867 04 24 – Manhattan, Kansas – M 5.1
  • 1865 10 08 – Santa Cruz Mountains, California – M 6.5
  • 1865 08 17 – Memphis, Tennessee – M 5.0
  • 1857 01 09 – Fort Tejon, California – M 7.9 Fatalities 1
  • 1843 01 05 – Northeast Arkansas – M 6.3
  • 1838 06 – San Francisco area, California – M 6.8
  • 1836 06 10 – South San Francisco Bay region, California – M 6.5
  • 1823 06 02 – South flank of Kilauea, Hawaii – M 7.0
  • 1812 12 21 – West of Ventura, California – M 7.1 Fatalities 1
  • 1812 12 08 – Southwest of San Bernardino County, California – M 6.9 Fatalities 40
  • 1812 02 07 – New Madrid Region – M 7.7
  • 1812 01 23 – New Madrid Region – M 7.5
  • 1811 12 16 – New Madrid Region – M 7.0
  • 1811 12 16 – New Madrid Region – M 7.7 Fatalities Several

• • 1791 05 16 – Moodus, Connecticut
  • 1783 11 30 – New Jersey – M 5.3
  • 1780 02 06 – Northwest Florida
  • 1755 11 18 – Cape Ann, Massachusetts
  • 1744 06 14 – Southern Cape Ann, Massachusetts region
  • 1727 11 10 – Northern Cape Ann region, Massachusetts
  • 1700 01 26 – Cascadia Subduction Zone – M 9.0

• 1568 – Moodus-East Haddam, Connecticut – Intensity VI