List of earthquakes in the United States

Table columns:
Date
State(s)
Magnitude
Fatalities
Article
Further information

Table rows:
cells: 000000001700-01-26-0000January 26, 1700
Washington, Oregon, California
8.7–9.2
Unknown
1700 Cascadia earthquake
cells: 000000001755-11-18-0000November 18, 1755
Massachusetts
5.9
Unknown
1755 Cape Ann earthquake
cells: 000000001811-12-16-0000December 16, 1811
Missouri
7.2–8.1
Unknown
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes
cells: 000000001812-12-08-0000December 8, 1812
California
6.9–7.5
40+
1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake
cells: 000000001857-01-09-0000January 9, 1857
California
7.9
2
1857 Fort Tejon earthquake
cells: 000000001867-04-24-0000April 24, 1867
Kansas
5.1
0
1867 Manhattan, Kansas earthquake
cells: 000000001868-04-02-0000April 2, 1868
Hawaii
7.9
77
1868 Hawaii earthquake and tsunami
cells: 000000001868-10-21-0000October 21, 1868
California
6.3–6.7
30
1868 Hayward earthquake
cells: 000000001872-12-14-0000December 14, 1872
Washington
6.5–7.0
0
1872 North Cascades earthquake
cells: 000000001872-03-26-0000March 26, 1872
California
7.4–7.9
27
1872 Lone Pine earthquake
cells: 000000001886-08-31-0000August 31, 1886
South Carolina
6.9–7.3
60
1886 Charleston earthquake
cells: 000000001906-04-18-0000April 18, 1906
California
7.9
3,000+
1906 San Francisco earthquake
cells: 000000001909-09-27-0000September 27, 1909
Indiana
5.1
0
1909 Wabash River earthquake
cells: 000000001915-10-03-0000October 3, 1915
Nevada
7.1
0
1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake
cells: 000000001925-06-29-0000June 29, 1925
California
6.8
13
1925 Santa Barbara earthquake
cells: 000000001931-08-16-0000August 16, 1931
Texas
5.8
0
1931 Valentine earthquake
cells: 000000001933-03-10-0000March 10, 1933
California
6.4
120
1933 Long Beach earthquake
cells: 000000001936-07-15-0000July 15, 1936
Oregon, Washington
5.8
0
1936 State Line earthquake
cells: 000000001940-05-18-0000May 18, 1940
California
6.9
9
1940 El Centro earthquake
cells: 000000001940-12-20-0000December 20, 1940
New Hampshire
5.3
0
1940 New Hampshire earthquakes
cells: 000000001940-12-24-0000December 24, 1940
New Hampshire
5.5
0
1940 New Hampshire earthquakes
cells: 000000001946-04-01-0000April 1, 1946
Alaska
8.6
165
1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake and tsunami
cells: 000000001947-05-06-0000May 6, 1947
Wisconsin
Unknown
0
1947 Wisconsin earthquake
cells: 000000001948-12-04-0000December 4, 1948
California
6.3
0
1948 Desert Hot Springs earthquake
cells: 000000001949-04-13-0000April 13, 1949
Washington
6.7
8
1949 Olympia earthquake
cells: 000000001952-07-21-0000July 21, 1952
California
7.3
14
1952 Kern County earthquake
cells: 000000001957-03-09-0000March 9, 1957
Alaska
8.6
0
1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake and tsunami
cells: 000000001958-07-09-0000July 9, 1958
Alaska
7.8
5 (tsunami)
1958 Lituya Bay earthquakes and megatsunami
cells: 000000001959-08-17-0000August 17, 1959
Montana, Wyoming, Idaho
7.3–7.5
28+
1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake
cells: 000000001964-03-27-0000March 27, 1964
Alaska
9.2
143
1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami
cells: 000000001965-02-04-0000February 4, 1965
Alaska
8.7
0
1965 Rat Islands earthquake and tsunami
cells: 000000001965-04-29-0000April 29, 1965
Washington
6.7
7
1965 Puget Sound earthquake
cells: 000000001967-08-09-0000August 9, 1967
Colorado
5.3
0
Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well
cells: 000000001967-11-26-0000November 26, 1967
Colorado
5.2
0
Rocky Mountain Arsenal#Deep injection well
cells: 000000001968-11-09-0000November 9, 1968
Illinois
5.4
0
1968 Illinois earthquake
cells: 000000001969-10-02-0000October 2, 1969
California
5.6, 5.7
1
1969 Santa Rosa earthquakes
Doublet
cells: 000000001971-02-09-0000February 9, 1971
California
6.5–6.7
58–65
1971 San Fernando earthquake
cells: 000000001975-02-02-0000February 2, 1975
Alaska
7.6
0
1975 Near Islands earthquake
cells: 000000001975-07-09-0000July 9, 1975
Minnesota
4.6
0
1975 Morris earthquake
cells: 000000001975-11-29-0000November 29, 1975
Hawaii
7.2
2
1975 Hawaii earthquake
cells: 000000001983-05-02-0000May 2, 1983
California
6.5
0
1983 Coalinga earthquake
cells: 000000001983-10-28-0000October 28, 1983
Idaho
7.3
2
1983 Borah Peak earthquake
cells: 000000001984-04-24-0000April 24, 1984
California
6.2
0
1984 Morgan Hill earthquake
cells: 000000001987-10-01-0000October 1, 1987
California
5.9
8
1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake
cells: 000000001989-10-17-0000October 17, 1989
California
6.9
63
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
cells: 000000001991-06-28-0000June 28, 1991
California
5.6
2
1991 Sierra Madre earthquake
cells: 000000001992-04-25-0000April 25–26, 1992
California
6.5–7.2
0
1992 Cape Mendocino earthquakes
cells: 000000001992-06-28-0000June 28, 1992
California
7.3
3
1992 Landers earthquake
cells: 000000001992-06-28-0000June 28, 1992
California
6.5
0
1992 Big Bear earthquake
cells: 000000001993-03-25-0000March 25, 1993
Oregon
5.6
0
1993 Scotts Mills earthquake
cells: 000000001993-09-20-0000September 20, 1993
Oregon
6.0
2
1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes
cells: 000000001994-01-17-0000January 17, 1994
California
6.7
57
1994 Northridge earthquake
cells: 000000001995-04-14-0000April 14, 1995
Texas
5.7
0
1995 Marathon earthquake
cells: 000000001996-05-02-0000May 2, 1996
Washington
5.6
0
1996 Duvall earthquake
cells: 000000001998-09-25-0000September 25, 1998
Pennsylvania
5.2
0
1998 Pymatuning earthquake
cells: 000000001999-10-16-0000October 16, 1999
California
7.1
0
1999 Hector Mine earthquake
cells: 000000002001-02-28-0000February 28, 2001
Washington
6.8
1
2001 Nisqually earthquake
cells: 000000002002-11-03-0000November 3, 2002
Alaska
7.9
0
2002 Denali earthquake
cells: 000000002003-04-29-0000April 29, 2003
Alabama
4.6
0
2003 Alabama earthquake
cells: 000000002003-12-22-0000December 22, 2003
California
6.5
2
2003 San Simeon earthquake
cells: 000000002006-09-10-0000September 10, 2006
Florida
5.8
0
2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake
cells: 000000002006-10-15-0000October 15, 2006
Hawaii
6.7
0
2006 Kiholo Bay earthquake
cells: 000000002007-10-30-0000October 30, 2007
California
5.6
0
2007 Alum Rock earthquake
cells: 000000002008-02-21-0000February 21, 2008
Nevada
6.0
0
2008 Wells earthquake
cells: 000000002008-04-18-0000April 18, 2008
Illinois
5.4
0
2008 Illinois earthquake
cells: 000000002008-07-29-0000July 29, 2008
California
5.5
0
2008 Chino Hills earthquake
cells: 000000002010-01-09-0000January 9, 2010
California
6.5
0
2010 Eureka earthquake
cells: 000000002010-02-10-0000February 10, 2010
Illinois
3.8
0
2010 Illinois earthquake
cells: 000000002010-07-07-0000July 7, 2010
California
5.4
0
2010 Borrego Springs earthquake
cells: 000000002010-12-30-0000December 30, 2010
Indiana
3.8
0
2010 Indiana earthquake
cells: 000000002011-08-22-0000August 22, 2011
Colorado
5.3
0
2011 Colorado earthquake
cells: 000000002011-08-23-0000August 23, 2011
Virginia
5.9
0
2011 Virginia earthquake
cells: 000000002011-11-05-0000November 5, 2011
Oklahoma
5.6
0
2011 Oklahoma earthquake
cells: 000000002014-06-23-0000June 23, 2014
Alaska
7.9
0
2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake
cells: 000000002014-07-25-0000July 25, 2014
Alaska
5.9
0
2014 Southeast Alaska earthquake
cells: 000000002014-08-24-0000August 24, 2014
California
6.0
1
2014 South Napa earthquake
cells: 000000002014-09-25-0000September 25, 2014
Alaska
6.2
0
2014 Southern Alaska earthquake
cells: 000000002016-01-24-0000January 24, 2016
Alaska
7.1
0
2016 Old Iliamna earthquake
cells: 000000002016-09-03-0000September 3, 2016
Oklahoma
5.8
0
2016 Oklahoma earthquake
cells: 000000002018-01-23-0000January 23, 2018
Alaska
7.9
0
2018 Alaska earthquake

Questions about this table:
originalText: what is the strongest earthquake in the united states
answer: answerTexts: 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami
1700 Cascadia earthquake
alternativeAnswers: answerTexts: 1964 Alaska earthquake and tsunami