List of earthquakes in the United States

List of earthquakes in the United States

The following is a list of earthquakes in the United States.
* 1700 Cascadia earthquake

* 1812 New Madrid earthquake

* 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake

* 1872 Lone Pine earthquake

* 1886 Charleston Earthquake

* 1906 San Francisco earthquake

* 1933 Long Beach earthquake

* 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake

* 1952 Kern County earthquake

* 1957 Andreanof Islands earthquake

* 1959 Yellowstone earthquake

* 1964 Good Friday Earthquake

* 1971 San Fernando earthquake

* 1983 Coalinga earthquake

* 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake

* 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

* 1992 Landers earthquake

* 1992 Big Bear earthquake

* 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake

* 1994 Northridge earthquake

* 1999 Hector Mine earthquake

* 2001 Nisqually earthquake

* 2003 Alabama earthquake

* 2003 Virginia earthquake

* 2003 San Simeon earthquake

* 2004 Utica earthquake

* 2006 Gulf of Mexico earthquake

* 2006 Hawaii earthquake

* 2007 Andreanof Islands earthquake

* 2008 Illinois earthquake

* 2008 Chino Hills earthquake

ee also

* List of earthquakes
* List of deadly earthquakes since 1900

External links

* [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/historical.php United States Geological Survey list of historic U.S. earthquakes]
* [http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/earthqk.shtml Earthquake Data at the National Geophysical Data Center]


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