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.
| Date | State | Magnitude | Fatalities | Article | Further information |
| Washington, Oregon, California | 8.7–9.2 | Unknown | 1700 Cascadia earthquake | ||
| Massachusetts | 5.9 | 0 | 1755 Cape Ann earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.0 | Unknown | 1788 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.0 | Unknown | 1788 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Missouri | 7.5–8.0 | 100−500 | 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.9, 7.5 | 40+ | 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.0 | 0 | 1823 Kilauea earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1836 California earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8–7.2 | 0 | 1838 San Andreas earthquake | ||
| Arkansas | 6.3 | 0 | 1843 Marked Tree earthquake | ||
| California | 7.9 | 2 | 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.5 | Unknown | 1860 Reno earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1865 California earthquake | ||
| Kansas | 5.1 | 0 | 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.9 | 77 | 1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami | ||
| California | 6.3–6.7 | 30 | 1868 Hayward earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.8 | 0 | 1871 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| California | 7.4–7.9 | 27 | 1872 Lone Pine earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8 | Unknown | 1872 Eastern California earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.5–7.0 | 0 | 1872 North Cascades earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.8 | 0 | 1872 Cascades earthquake | ||
| California-Oregon | 7.3 | 0 | 1873 Oregon-California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | 1880 Alaska earthquake | ||
| New York | 4.9–5.5 | 2 | 1884 Coney Island earthquake | - | |
| South Carolina | 6.9–7.3 | 60 | 1886 Charleston earthquake | ||
| California | 6.3 | 0 | 1890 California earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 1 | 1892 Vacaville earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1892 Winters earthquake | ||
| Missouri | 6.6 | 0 | 1895 Charleston earthquake | ||
| Montana | 6.4 | Unknown | 1897 Montana earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1898 Sonoma earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8 | 0 | 1898 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | 1898 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 1899 Yakutat Bay earthquakes | ||
| California | 6.4 | 6 | 1899 Christmas earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 1900 Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1901 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 1901 Aleutian earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 1902 Aleutian earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | 1904 Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 7.9 | 3000+ | 1906 San Francisco earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.4 | 0 | 1906 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1908 California earthquake | ||
| Indiana | 5.1 | 0 | 1909 Wabash River earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1911 California earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 6 | 1915 El Centro earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.8 | 0 | 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8 | 0 | 1918 California earthquake | ||
| California | 7.6 | 0 | 1922 California earthquake | ||
| California | 7.2 | 0 | 1923 California earthquake | ||
| Montana | 6.6 | 0 | 1925 Montana earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5–6.8 | 13 | 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | 1927 Southeastern Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 7.3 | 0 | 1927 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 1929 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Texas | 6.5 | 0 | 1931 Valentine earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 7.2 | 0 | 1932 Nevada earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 120 | 1933 Long Beach earthquake | ||
| California | 7.1 | 0 | 1934 Imperial Valley earthquake | ||
| Utah | 6.6 | 2 | 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 | ||
| Hawaii | 6.8 | 0 | 1938 Maui earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.2 | 0 | 1938 Alaska Peninsula earthquake | ||
| 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 | ||
| California | 6.6 | 0 | 1941 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | 1943 Southern Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.6 | 165 | 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and tsunami | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1947 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.2 | 0 | 1947 Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake | ||
| Washington | 6.7 | 8 | 1949 Olympia earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.9 | 0 | 1951 Hawaii 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 and tsunami | ||
| Alaska | 7.3 | 0 | 1958 Huslia earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 5 | 1958 Lituya Bay earthquakes and megatsunami | ||
| Montana, Wyoming, Idaho | 7.2 | 28+ | 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 9.2 | 143 | 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami | ||
| Alaska | 8.7 | 0 | 1965 Rat Islands earthquake and tsunami | ||
| Washington | 6.7 | 7 | 1965 Puget Sound earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 1965 Fox Islands earthquake | ||
| Colorado | 5.3 | 0 | Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well | ||
| Colorado | 5.2 | 0 | Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well | ||
| 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 | 1972 Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.6 | 0 | 1975 Near Islands earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 7.7 | 2 | 1975 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| California | 7.2 | 5 | 1980 Northern California earthquake | ||
| California | 6.5 | 0 | 1983 Coalinga earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.7 | 0 | 1983 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| Idaho | 7.3 | 2 | 1983 Borah Peak earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 0 | 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 8.0 | 0 | 1986 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 1986 Eastern California earthquake | ||
| California | 5.9 | 8 | 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 2 | 1987 California earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 1987 Gulf of Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.8 | 0 | 1988 Gulf of Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.9 | 63 | 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | 1989 Alaska Peninsula earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | 1991 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| California | 5.6 | 2 | 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake | ||
| Oregon | 7.0 | 0 | 1991 Juan De Fuca earthquake | ||
| California | 6.2 | 0 | 1991 Honeydew earthquake | ||
| 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 | 1996 Andreanof Islands earthquake | ||
| Pennsylvania | 5.2 | 0 | 1998 Pymatuning earthquake | ||
| California | 7.1 | 0 | 1999 Hector Mine earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | 1999 Kodiak Islands earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.0 | 0 | 2001 Kodiak Islands earthquake | ||
| 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 | 2005 Juan De Fuca earthquake | ||
| 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 | 5.4 | 0 | 2010 Borrego Springs 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 Southeastern Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.8 | 0 | 2014 Ferndale earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.0 | 0 | 2014 Southeast Alaska earthquake | ||
| California | 6.0 | 1 | 2014 South Napa earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.2 | 0 | 2014 Southern Alaska earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.8 | 0 | 2015 Chirikof Island earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.9 | 0 | 2015 Nikolski earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.4 | 0 | 2015 Redoubt Volcano earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake | ||
| Oklahoma | 5.8 | 0 | 2016 Oklahoma earthquake | ||
| California | 6.6 | 0 | 2016 Ferndale earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 7.9 | 0 | 2018 Gulf of Alaska earthquake | ||
| Hawaii | 6.9 | 0 | 2018 Hawaii earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.4, 6.0 | 0 | 2018 Kaktovik earthquakes | ||
| Alaska | 7.1 | 0 | 2018 Anchorage earthquake | ||
| California | 6.4 | 0 | 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes | ||
| California | 7.1 | 1 | 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes | ||
| Oregon | 6.3 | 0 | 2019 Oregon Coast earthquake | ||
| Alaska | 6.2 | 0 | 2020 Tanaga Volcano earthquake | ||
| Utah | 5.7 | 0 | 2020 Salt Lake City earthquake | ||
| Idaho | 6.5 | 0 | 2020 Central Idaho earthquake | ||
| Nevada | 6.5 | 0 | 2020 Nevada earthquake | ||
| July 22, 2020 | Alaska | 7.8M | 0 | 2020 Alaska earthquake |
, released July 17, 2014
Earthquake swarms which affected the United States:
- 1962–71 Denver earthquake swarm
- Enola earthquake swarm
- 2008 Reno earthquakes
- Guy-Greenbrier earthquake swarm
- 2009–present 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