Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)
North AmericaPhysical EnvironmentAreas in the United States with greater than 1% probability of potentially damaging ground shaking in one year
USGSA 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.
Lowest hazard | Low hazard | Moderately low hazard | Moderate hazard | Moderately high hazard | High hazard | Highest hazard | Class | Rank | Value | Value | Value | Class | Rank | Percent of GDP | Arches | Aulavik National Park of Canada | Auyuittuq National Park of Canada | Badlands | Banff National Park of Canada | Bering Land Bridge National Park | Big Bend | Canyonlands | Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada | Capitol Reef | Channel Islands | Congaree | Crater Lake | Death Valley | Denali | Everglades | Fundy National Park of Canada | Glacier Bay | Glacier National Park of Canada | Glacier | Grand Canyon | Grand Teton | Great Basin | Great Sand Dunes | Great Smoky Mountains | Gros Morne National Park of Canada | Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve of Canada and Haida Heritage Site | Haleakala | Hawai'i Volcanoes | Isle Royale | Ivvavik National Park of Canada | Jasper National Park of Canada | Joshua Tree | Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada | Kenai Fjords | Kings Canyon | Kluane National Park Reserve of Canada | Kobuk Valley | Kootenay National Park of Canada | Kouchibouguac National Park of Canada | Lassen Volcanic | Mammoth Cave | Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve | Mount Rainier | Nááts'ihch'oh National Park Reserve of Canada | Nahanni National Park Reserve of Canada | North Cascades | Olympic | Parc national Kuururjuaq | Parc national Tursujuq | Prince Albert National Park of Canada | Pukaskwa National Park of Canada | Qausuittuq National Park of Canada | Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada | Redwood | Riding Mountain National Park of Canada | Rocky Mountain | Saguaro | Shenandoah | Sirmilik National Park of Canada | Theodore Roosevelt | Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve of Canada | Tuktut Nogait National Park of Canada | Ukkusiksalik National Park of Canada | Vuntut National Park of Canada | Wapusk National Park of Canada | Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada | Yellowstone | Yoho National Park of Canada | Yosemite | Zion | |
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