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Basic earthquake counts for the World and United States.
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By Location
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*United States earthquake lists (except "Top...") also include some earthquakes outside the U.S. since the search area is a rectangle.
Statistics
Worldwide, United States, and average annual statistics for earthquake counts. U.S. and worldwide deaths per year. Earthquake counts by U.S. State.
Worldwide Earthquakes 2000–2021
| Magnitude | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.0+ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7–7.9 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 16 |
| 6–6.9 | 146 | 121 | 127 | 140 | 141 | 140 | 142 | 178 | 168 | 144 | 150 | 185 | 108 | 123 | 143 | 127 | 130 | 104 | 117 | 135 | 112 | 140 |
| 5–5.9 | 1344 | 1224 | 1201 | 1203 | 1515 | 1693 | 1712 | 2074 | 1768 | 1896 | 2209 | 2276 | 1401 | 1453 | 1574 | 1419 | 1550 | 1455 | 1674 | 1492 | 1312 | 2047 |
| Estimated Deaths | 231 | 21357 | 1685 | 33819 | 298101 | 87992 | 6605 | 708 | 88708 | 1790 | 226050 | 21942 | 689 | 1572 | 756 | 9624 | 1297 | 1012 | 4535 | 244 | not avail | not avail |
Note:Estimated death counts for 2016-2019 are from EM-DAT: The Emergency Events Database - Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) - CRED, D. Guha-Sapir - www.emdat.be, Brussels, Belgium.
United States Earthquakes 2000–2012 *
| Magnitude | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7–7.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 6–6.9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 5–5.9 | 63 | 41 | 63 | 54 | 25 | 47 | 51 | 72 | 85 | 58 | 89 | 51 | 27 |
* counts after 2012 have not been completed
Worldwide Earthquakes 1990–1999
| Magnitude | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7–7.9 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
| 6–6.9 | 109 | 96 | 166 | 137 | 146 | 183 | 149 | 120 | 117 | 116 |
| 5–5.9 | 1617 | 1457 | 1498 | 1426 | 1542 | 1318 | 1222 | 1113 | 979 | 1104 |
| Estimated Deaths | 52056 | 3210 | 3920 | 10096 | 1634 | 7980 | 589 | 3069 | 9430 | 22662 |
United States Earthquakes 1990–1999 *
| Magnitude | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7–7.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6–6.9 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 5–5.9 | 64 | 49 | 72 | 62 | 64 | 45 | 100 | 63 | 62 | 50 |
* counts after 1999 have not been completed
Earthquake Counts by State 2010-2015 (M3+)
Counts are as of March 10, 2016. Counts after 2015 have not been completed.
| States | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Alaska | 2245 | 1409 | 1166 | 1329 | 1296 | 1575 |
| Arizona | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 10 |
| Arkansas | 15 | 44 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| California | 546 | 195 | 243 | 240 | 191 | 130 |
| Colorado | 4 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
| Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawaii | 17 | 34 | 40 | 30 | 26 | 53 |
| Idaho | 7 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 38 |
| Illinois | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 60 |
| Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mississippi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Missouri | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Montana | 7 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 19 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nevada | 38 | 86 | 22 | 34 | 161 | 172 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Jersey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 41 | 63 | 34 | 103 | 585 | 888 |
| Oregon | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Pennsylvania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Texas | 9 | 18 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 21 |
| Utah | 17 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington | 5 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 11 |
| West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyoming | 43 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 179 | 198 |