Deaths from U.S. Earthquakes

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March 12, 2011, 12:00 am
August 26, 2011, 8:36 am
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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Deaths from U.S. Earthquakes

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18111216 Northeast Arkansas -
New Madrid, Missouri
Several 1811 12 16 thru 1812 02 07.
18121208 San Juan Capistrano, California 40
18121221 Santa Barbara, California 1
18570109 Fort Tejon, California 1
18680403 Hawaii Island, Hawaii 77 Landslides: 31, tsunami: 46.
18681021 Hayward, California 30
18720326 Owens Valley, California 27
18770510 Chile, South America 5 Tsunami in Hawaii.
18860901 Charleston, South Carolina 60
18920419 Vacaville, California 1
18991225 San Jacinto, California 6
19060418 San Francisco, California 3000 Deaths (approximate) from earthquake and fire.
19150623 Imperial Valley, California 6
19180421 San Jacinto, California 1
19250629 Santa Barbara, California 13
19260629 Santa Barbara, California 1
19320606 Eureka, California 1
19330311 Long Beach, California 115
19340312 Kosmo, Utah 2
19351019 Helena, Montana 2
19351031 Helena, Montana 2
19400519 Imperial Valley, California 9
19460401 Aleutian Islands, Alaska 165 Tsunami: 159 Hawaii, 5 Alaska, 1 California - sixth largest known Earthquake in US
19490413 Puget Sound, Washington 8
19520721 Kern County, California 12
19520822 Kern County, California 2
19541221 Eureka, California 1
19551024 Concord, California 1
19570322 Daly City, California 1
19580710 Lituya Bay, Alaska 5
19590818 Hebgen Lake, Montana 28
19600522 Chile, South America 61 Tsunami in Hawaii.
19640328 Prince William Sound, Alaska 128 Tsunami: 98 Alaska, 11 California, 4 Oregon.
Earthquake: 15 Alaska. - Largest recorded Earthquake in US
19650429 Seattle, Washington 7
19691002 Santa Rosa, California 1
19710209 San Fernando, California 65
19751129 Hawaii Island, Hawaii 2
19831028 Borah Peak, Idaho 2
19871001 Los Angeles-Whittier, Cailfornia 8
19871004 Los Angeles-Whittier, California 1
19890808 Santa Cruz County, California 1
19891018 Santa Cruz County, California 63
19910628 Southern California 2
19920628 Landers, California 3
19930921 Klamath Falls, Oregon 2
19940117 Northridge, California 60
19950203 Wyoming 1
20031222 Central California 2


Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993, and Significant Earthquakes of the World.

Significant Earthquakes of the World

Earthquakes of magnitude 6.5 or greater or ones that caused fatalities, injuries or substantial damage.

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Significant Earthquakes of The United States, January 1986 - June 1989

Locations of US Earthquakes Causing Damage

Us-earthquakes-1750-1996-a.gif Source: US Geological Survey

Alaskan-earthquakes.gif Source: US Geological Survey

Hawaiian-earthquakes.gif Source: US Geological Survey

Citation

(2011). Deaths from U.S. Earthquakes. Retrieved from http://editors.eol.org/eoearth/wiki/Deaths_from_U.S._Earthquakes