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Highest recorded earthquakes by state

Recorded earthquakes, M4.0+ since 2000.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or greater whose recorded epicenter falls inside the county, from 1 January 2000 through 31 December 2025. This is a historical count, not a forecast or a measure of damage risk; an event near a county line counts where its estimated epicenter falls.

  1. 1Alaska2,121
  2. 2California705
  3. 3Hawaii208
  4. 4Nevada206
  5. 5Oklahoma100
  6. 6Texas78
  7. 7Idaho72
  8. 8Wyoming32
  9. 9Montana31
  10. 10Utah25
  11. 11Washington23
  12. 12Colorado17
  13. 13New Mexico16
  14. 14Kansas12
  15. 15Oregon10
  16. 16Arkansas7
  17. 17Arizona7
  18. 18Virginia6
  19. 19Illinois4
  20. 20Tennessee4
  21. 21Alabama2
  22. 22Kentucky2
  23. 23Nebraska2
  24. 24Ohio2
  25. 25South Dakota2
  26. 26Delaware1
  27. 27Indiana1
  28. 28Maine1
  29. 29Michigan1
  30. 30Missouri1
  31. 31North Carolina1
  32. 32New Jersey1
  33. 33New York1
  34. 34South Carolina1
  35. 35Connecticut0
  36. 36District of Columbia0
  37. 37Florida0
  38. 38Georgia0
  39. 39Iowa0
  40. 40Louisiana0
  41. 41Massachusetts0
  42. 42Maryland0
  43. 43Minnesota0
  44. 44Mississippi0
  45. 45North Dakota0
  46. 46New Hampshire0
  47. 47Pennsylvania0
  48. 48Rhode Island0
  49. 49Vermont0
  50. 50Wisconsin0
  51. 51West Virginia0
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Source: U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Catalog. · How this is built