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