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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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British Empire, Early 1920s

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Class

Rank

Infections per 100,000 people

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%
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%17342
Alaska
2.85%1.92%2.33%38.6%2.01%5.60%5.27%1.23%44122
Arizona
6.30%79.1%4.42%23283
Arkansas
17.3%39.7%21.2%1.93%2.11%7.50%27239
California
3.21%9.22%1.48%1.10%28.4%0.133%10406
Colorado
5.33%26.1%34.0%32.6%24269
Connecticut
98.9%0.150%16345
Delaware
80.2%18.7%2.06%9409
District of Columbia
100%12.26e+3
Florida
87.3%10.9%1.79%5613
Georgia
4.38%39.2%43.9%10.4%1.79%0.232%4644
Hawaii
7.50%6.67%9.71%4.93%52.2%33200
Idaho
2.22%24.8%28.3%9.56%4883.8
Illinois
52.5%18.5%13.6%11.9%1.07%1.91%18337
Indiana
50.5%36.9%9.25%3.12%30211
Iowa
92.6%7.45%46111
Kansas
42.9%9.98%39139
Kentucky
7.69%64.8%10.2%7.55%1.03%3.57%31210
Louisiana
6.85%90.8%1.03%1.29%6553
Maine
63.3%7.54%0.770%0.686%38141
Maryland
87.1%10.7%2.12%3655
Massachusetts
79.0%15.4%4.75%15354
Michigan
74.0%24.1%0.112%35199
Minnesota
99.1%0.161%36190
Mississippi
46.6%33.2%16.6%3.37%13392
Missouri
8.53%41.8%23.6%11.8%7.42%1.26%5.55%25249
Montana
20.1%5.22%15.0%22.0%2.02%5075.0
Nebraska
33.8%2.42%1.45%37146
Nevada
6.24%61.7%15.9%6.20%1.29%8419
New Hampshire
39.4%60.3%0.227%45112
New Jersey
17.9%69.2%10.9%2.40%7468
New Mexico
7.73%4.90%54.5%8.67%28222
New York
31.8%35.5%13.6%7.01%0.168%0.761%2762
North Carolina
5.87%47.3%35.4%9.17%1.38%0.611%14374
North Dakota
98.6%1.38%4983.4
Ohio
85.3%2.10%1.52%26240
Oklahoma
43.3%42.2%13.7%34200
Oregon
1.50%41.7%13.0%4.40%4.75%32202
Pennsylvania
85.9%14.1%19335
Rhode Island
93.7%5.84%22292
South Carolina
22.6%58.4%8.92%2.25%7.66%12405
South Dakota
27.5%53.6%8.87%4794.4
Tennessee
28.9%15.6%11.5%1.92%8.15%21314
Texas
54.2%29.7%7.88%0.261%11405
Utah
12.7%56.8%6.12%1.39%43126
Vermont
81.9%18.1%0.301%42133
Virginia
1.50%39.8%49.9%5.34%0.705%20331
Washington
25.6%38.5%19.2%5.52%10.1%0.997%29220
West Virginia
66.8%33.2%40136
Wisconsin
95.7%4.01%41134
Wyoming
5.20%20.2%63.6%8.78%5173.0
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