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Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)

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Areas in the United States with greater than 1% probability of potentially damaging ground shaking in one year

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A map highlights earthquake hazard areas across the United States using a color-coded scheme to indicate different levels of hazard.

The lowest hazard areas are shaded in blue, covering parts of Texas, Florida, Iowa, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, as well as extreme northern regions of Alaska. Low hazard areas are shaded in purple, seen in regions such as parts of the eastern and middle United States, including Dallas, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Moderately low hazard areas are shaded in pink, found in central and northern Illinois, and spread across western parts including Oregon, Arizona, and New Mexico. Moderate hazard areas are shaded in orange, covering parts of the eastern and western regions, and most of Alaska. Moderately high hazard areas are shaded in yellow, covering regions such as the West Coast, including California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as Fairbanks in Alaska. High hazard areas are shaded in light brown, seen in parts of Anchorage and the western coastal regions. The highest hazard areas are shaded in dark brown, notably in regions like southern Alaska and parts of California, including the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas.

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Class

Rank

Deaths per 100,000 people

Nebraska
33.8%2.42%1.45%
Pennsylvania
85.9%14.1%
Yukon
100%
Saskatchewan
100%
Alberta
100%
Manitoba
99.9%
Ontario
99.9%
Northwest Territories
98.8%0.420%
Nunavut
97.0%1.49%
Nova Scotia
93.4%3.29%
Prince Edward Island
61.5%12.7%
Louisiana
6.85%90.8%1.03%1.29%
New Brunswick
98.3%0.785%
British Columbia
2.06%99.0%1.05%
Newfoundland and Labrador
1.10%97.5%2.04%
Québec
99.3%0.194%0.215%
Alabama
2.82%40.6%43.3%7.23%0.101%29249
Alaska
2.85%1.92%2.33%38.6%2.01%5.60%5.27%1.23%16338
Arizona
6.30%79.1%4.42%19304
Arkansas
17.3%39.7%21.2%1.93%2.11%7.50%42118
California
3.21%9.22%1.48%1.10%28.4%0.133%31237
Colorado
5.33%26.1%34.0%32.6%30242
Connecticut
98.9%0.150%7399
Delaware
80.2%18.7%2.06%3520
District of Columbia
100%1792
Florida
87.3%10.9%1.79%25271
Georgia
4.38%39.2%43.9%10.4%1.79%0.232%35190
Hawaii
7.50%6.67%9.71%4.93%52.2%4690.0
Idaho
2.22%24.8%28.3%9.56%41145
Illinois
52.5%18.5%13.6%11.9%1.07%1.91%24275
Indiana
50.5%36.9%9.25%3.12%20300
Iowa
92.6%7.45%4781.1
Kansas
42.9%9.98%36181
Kentucky
7.69%64.8%10.2%7.55%1.03%3.57%6435
Maine
63.3%7.54%0.770%0.686%5468
Maryland
87.1%10.7%2.12%9392
Massachusetts
79.0%15.4%4.75%14357
Michigan
74.0%24.1%0.112%27266
Minnesota
99.1%0.161%33202
Mississippi
46.6%33.2%16.6%3.37%37168
Missouri
8.53%41.8%23.6%11.8%7.42%1.26%5.55%22283
Montana
20.1%5.22%15.0%22.0%2.02%43113
Nevada
6.24%61.7%15.9%6.20%1.29%23281
New Hampshire
39.4%60.3%0.227%17328
New Jersey
17.9%69.2%10.9%2.40%21289
New Mexico
7.73%4.90%54.5%8.67%12370
New York
31.8%35.5%13.6%7.01%0.168%0.761%38162
North Carolina
5.87%47.3%35.4%9.17%1.38%0.611%34197
North Dakota
98.6%1.38%45110
Ohio
85.3%2.10%1.52%10391
Oklahoma
43.3%42.2%13.7%32217
Oregon
1.50%41.7%13.0%4.40%4.75%18321
Rhode Island
93.7%5.84%15348
South Carolina
22.6%58.4%8.92%2.25%7.66%11374
South Dakota
27.5%53.6%8.87%4843.8
Tennessee
28.9%15.6%11.5%1.92%8.15%4480
Texas
54.2%29.7%7.88%0.261%44113
Utah
12.7%56.8%6.12%1.39%40149
Vermont
81.9%18.1%0.301%8399
Virginia
1.50%39.8%49.9%5.34%0.705%26269
Washington
25.6%38.5%19.2%5.52%10.1%0.997%13362
West Virginia
66.8%33.2%2735
Wisconsin
95.7%4.01%28261
Wyoming
5.20%20.2%63.6%8.78%39157
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