List of earthquakes in the United States - wikipedia 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 United States when the event occurred. Date State ( s ) Magnitude Fatalities Article Further information 000000001700 - 01 - 26 - 0000 January 26, 1700 Washington, Oregon, California 8.7 -- 9.2 Unknown 1700 Cascadia earthquake 000000001755 - 11 - 18 - 0000 November 18, 1755 Massachusetts 5.9 Unknown 1755 Cape Ann earthquake 000000001811 - 12 - 16 - 0000 December 16, 1811 Missouri 7.2 -- 8.1 Unknown 1811 -- 1812 New Madrid earthquakes 000000001812 - 12 - 08 - 0000 December 8, 1812 California 6.9 -- 7.5 7001400000000000000 ♠ 40 + 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake 000000001857 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 1857 California 7.9 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake 000000001867 - 04 - 24 - 0000 April 24, 1867 Kansas 5.1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake 000000001868 - 04 - 02 - 0000 April 2, 1868 Hawaii 7.9 7001770000000000000 ♠ 77 1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami 000000001868 - 10 - 21 - 0000 October 21, 1868 California 6.3 -- 6.7 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 1868 Hayward earthquake 000000001872 - 12 - 14 - 0000 December 14, 1872 Washington 6.5 -- 7.0 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1872 North Cascades earthquake 000000001872 - 03 - 26 - 0000 March 26, 1872 California 7.4 -- 7.9 7001270000000000000 ♠ 27 1872 Lone Pine earthquake 000000001886 - 08 - 31 - 0000 August 31, 1886 South Carolina 6.9 -- 7.3 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 1886 Charleston earthquake 000000001906 - 04 - 18 - 0000 April 18, 1906 California 7.9 7003300000000000000 ♠ 3,000 + 1906 San Francisco earthquake 000000001909 - 09 - 27 - 0000 September 27, 1909 Indiana 5.1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1909 Wabash River earthquake 000000001915 - 10 - 03 - 0000 October 3, 1915 Nevada 7.1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake 000000001925 - 06 - 29 - 0000 June 29, 1925 California 6.8 7001130000000000000 ♠ 13 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake 000000001931 - 08 - 16 - 0000 August 16, 1931 Texas 5.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1931 Valentine earthquake 000000001933 - 03 - 10 - 0000 March 10, 1933 California 6.4 7002120000000000000 ♠ 120 1933 Long Beach earthquake 000000001936 - 07 - 15 - 0000 July 15, 1936 Oregon, Washington 5.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1936 State Line earthquake 000000001940 - 05 - 18 - 0000 May 18, 1940 California 6.9 7000900000000000000 ♠ 9 1940 El Centro earthquake 000000001940 - 12 - 20 - 0000 December 20, 1940 New Hampshire 5.3 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes 000000001940 - 12 - 24 - 0000 December 24, 1940 New Hampshire 5.5 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes 000000001946 - 04 - 01 - 0000 April 1, 1946 Alaska 8.6 7002165000000000000 ♠ 165 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and tsunami 000000001947 - 05 - 06 - 0000 May 6, 1947 Wisconsin Unknown 0 1947 Wisconsin earthquake 000000001948 - 12 - 04 - 0000 December 4, 1948 California 6.3 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake 000000001949 - 04 - 13 - 0000 April 13, 1949 Washington 6.7 7000800000000000000 ♠ 8 1949 Olympia earthquake 000000001952 - 07 - 21 - 0000 July 21, 1952 California 7.3 7001140000000000000 ♠ 14 1952 Kern County earthquake 000000001957 - 03 - 09 - 0000 March 9, 1957 Alaska 8.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami 000000001958 - 07 - 09 - 0000 July 9, 1958 Alaska 7.8 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 ( tsunami ) 1958 Lituya Bay earthquakes and megatsunami 000000001959 - 08 - 17 - 0000 August 17, 1959 Montana, Wyoming, Idaho 7.3 -- 7.5 7001280000000000000 ♠ 28 + 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake 000000001964 - 03 - 27 - 0000 March 27, 1964 Alaska 9.2 7002143000000000000 ♠ 143 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami 000000001965 - 02 - 04 - 0000 February 4, 1965 Alaska 8.7 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1965 Rat Islands earthquake and tsunami 000000001965 - 04 - 29 - 0000 April 29, 1965 Washington 6.7 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 1965 Puget Sound earthquake 000000001967 - 08 - 09 - 0000 August 9, 1967 Colorado 5.3 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 Rocky Mountain Arsenal # Deep injection well 000000001967 - 11 - 26 - 0000 November 26, 1967 Colorado 5.2 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 Rocky Mountain Arsenal # Deep injection well 000000001968 - 11 - 09 - 0000 November 9, 1968 Illinois 5.4 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1968 Illinois earthquake 000000001969 - 10 - 02 - 0000 October 2, 1969 California 5.6, 5.7 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes Doublet 000000001971 - 02 - 09 - 0000 February 9, 1971 California 6.5 -- 6.7 7001580000000000000 ♠ 58 -- 65 1971 San Fernando earthquake 000000001975 - 02 - 02 - 0000 February 2, 1975 Alaska 7.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1975 Near Islands earthquake 000000001975 - 07 - 09 - 0000 July 9, 1975 Minnesota 4.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1975 Morris earthquake 000000001975 - 11 - 29 - 0000 November 29, 1975 Hawaii 7.2 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1975 Hawaii earthquake 000000001983 - 05 - 02 - 0000 May 2, 1983 California 6.5 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1983 Coalinga earthquake 000000001983 - 10 - 28 - 0000 October 28, 1983 Idaho 7.3 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1983 Borah Peak earthquake 000000001984 - 04 - 24 - 0000 April 24, 1984 California 6.2 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1984 Morgan Hill earthquake 000000001987 - 10 - 01 - 0000 October 1, 1987 California 5.9 7000800000000000000 ♠ 8 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake 000000001989 - 10 - 17 - 0000 October 17, 1989 California 6.9 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake 000000001991 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1991 California 5.6 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake 000000001992 - 04 - 25 - 0000 April 25 -- 26, 1992 California 6.5 -- 7.2 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes 000000001992 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1992 California 7.3 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 1992 Landers earthquake 000000001992 - 06 - 28 - 0000 June 28, 1992 California 6.5 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1992 Big Bear earthquake 000000001993 - 03 - 25 - 0000 March 25, 1993 Oregon 5.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake 000000001993 - 09 - 20 - 0000 September 20, 1993 Oregon 6.0 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes 000000001994 - 01 - 17 - 0000 January 17, 1994 California 6.7 7001570000000000000 ♠ 57 1994 Northridge earthquake 000000001995 - 04 - 14 - 0000 April 14, 1995 Texas 5.7 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1995 Marathon earthquake 000000001996 - 05 - 02 - 0000 May 2, 1996 Washington 5.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1996 Duvall earthquake 000000001998 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 1998 Pennsylvania 5.2 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1998 Pymatuning earthquake 000000001999 - 10 - 16 - 0000 October 16, 1999 California 7.1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 1999 Hector Mine earthquake 000000002001 - 02 - 28 - 0000 February 28, 2001 Washington 6.8 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 2001 Nisqually earthquake 000000002002 - 11 - 03 - 0000 November 3, 2002 Alaska 7.9 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2002 Denali earthquake 000000002003 - 04 - 29 - 0000 April 29, 2003 Alabama 4.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2003 Alabama earthquake 000000002003 - 12 - 22 - 0000 December 22, 2003 California 6.5 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2 2003 San Simeon earthquake 000000002006 - 09 - 10 - 0000 September 10, 2006 Florida 5.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake 000000002006 - 10 - 15 - 0000 October 15, 2006 Hawaii 6.7 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake 000000002007 - 10 - 30 - 0000 October 30, 2007 California 5.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2007 Alum Rock earthquake 000000002008 - 02 - 21 - 0000 February 21, 2008 Nevada 6.0 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2008 Wells earthquake 000000002008 - 04 - 18 - 0000 April 18, 2008 Illinois 5.4 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2008 Illinois earthquake 000000002008 - 07 - 29 - 0000 July 29, 2008 California 5.5 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2008 Chino Hills earthquake 000000002010 - 01 - 09 - 0000 January 9, 2010 California 6.5 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2010 Eureka earthquake 000000002010 - 02 - 10 - 0000 February 10, 2010 Illinois 3.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2010 Illinois earthquake 000000002010 - 07 - 07 - 0000 July 7, 2010 California 5.4 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2010 Borrego Springs earthquake 000000002010 - 12 - 30 - 0000 December 30, 2010 Indiana 3.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2010 Indiana earthquake 000000002011 - 08 - 22 - 0000 August 22, 2011 Colorado 5.3 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2011 Colorado earthquake 000000002011 - 08 - 23 - 0000 August 23, 2011 Virginia 5.9 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2011 Virginia earthquake 000000002011 - 11 - 05 - 0000 November 5, 2011 Oklahoma 5.6 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2011 Oklahoma earthquake 000000002014 - 06 - 23 - 0000 June 23, 2014 Alaska 7.9 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake 000000002014 - 07 - 25 - 0000 July 25, 2014 Alaska 5.9 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2014 Southeast Alaska earthquake 000000002014 - 08 - 24 - 0000 August 24, 2014 California 6.0 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 2014 South Napa earthquake 000000002014 - 09 - 25 - 0000 September 25, 2014 Alaska 6.2 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2014 Southern Alaska earthquake 000000002016 - 01 - 24 - 0000 January 24, 2016 Alaska 7.1 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2016 Old Iliamna earthquake 000000002016 - 09 - 03 - 0000 September 3, 2016 Oklahoma 5.8 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2016 Oklahoma earthquake 000000002018 - 01 - 23 - 0000 January 23, 2018 Alaska 7.9 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 2018 Alaska earthquake 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 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 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 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 List of historical tsunamis Lists of earthquakes References Jump up ^ 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. Jump up ^ 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 Earthquakes in the United States Historical 1638 New Hampshire 1663 Charlevoix 1700 Cascadia 1755 Cape Ann 1811 -- 12 New Madrid 1838 San Andreas 1857 Fort Tejon 1865 Memphis 1867 Manhattan, Kansas 1868 Hawaii 1868 Hayward 1872 Lone Pine 1872 North Cascades 1886 Charleston 1887 Sonora 1892 Laguna Salada 1892 Vacaville -- Winters 1898 Mare Island 20th - century 1906 San Francisco 1906 Aleutian Islands 1909 Wabash River 1915 Pleasant Valley 1916 Irondale 1918 San Jacinto 1925 Santa Barbara 1931 Valentine 1932 Eureka 1933 Long Beach 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 1957 Andreanof Islands 1957 San Francisco 1959 Hebgen Lake 1964 Alaska 1965 Rat Islands 1965 Puget Sound 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 1983 Coalinga 1983 Borah Peak 1984 Morgan Hill 1986 North Palm Springs 1986 Chalfant Valley 1987 Whittier Narrows 1989 Loma Prieta 1990 Upland 1991 Sierra Madre 1992 Cape Mendocino 1992 Landers 1992 Big Bear 1993 Scotts Mills 1993 Klamath Falls 1994 Northridge 1995 Marathon 1996 Duvall 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 2007 Alum Rock 2008 Illinois 2008 Chino Hills 2010 Eureka 2010 Baja California 2010 Indiana 2011 Colorado 2011 Virginia 2011 Oklahoma 2014 Aleutian Islands 2014 Southeast Alaska 2014 South Napa 2016 Oklahoma 2016 Hawthorne 2018 Alaska Swarms 2001 Enola 2008 Reno 2010 -- 11 Guy - Greenbrier 2012 Brawley 2009 -- 18 Oklahoma Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_earthquakes_in_the_United_States&oldid=838279135 '' 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 Talk Article Talk About Wikipedia Français 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 26 April 2018, at 01 : 29. 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Question: what is the strongest earthquake in the united states
Answer: 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami; 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami