Deaths in the United States from Earthquakes
| Date UTC | Location | Deaths | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 12 16 | Northeast Arkansas - New Madrid, Missouri |
Several | 1811 12 16 thru 1812 02 07. |
| 1812 12 08 | San Juan Capistrano, California | 40 | |
| 1812 12 21 | Santa Barbara, California | 1 | |
| 1857 01 09 | Fort Tejon, California | 1 | |
| 1868 04 03 | Hawaii Island, Hawaii | 77 | Landslides: 31, tsunami: 46. |
| 1868 10 21 | Hayward, California | 30 | |
| 1872 03 26 | Owens Valley, California | 27 | |
| 1877 05 10 | Chile, South America | 5 | Tsunami in Hawaii. |
| 1886 09 01 | Charleston, South Carolina | 60 | |
| 1892 04 19 | Vacaville, California | 1 | |
| 1899 12 25 | San Jacinto, California | 6 | |
| 1906 04 18 | San Francisco, California | about 3,000 | Deaths from earthquake and fire. |
| 1915 06 23 | Imperial Valley, California | 6 | |
| 1918 04 21 | San Jacinto, California | 1 | |
| 1925 06 29 | Santa Barbara, California | 13 | |
| 1926 06 29 | Santa Barbara, California | 1 | |
| 1932 06 06 | Eureka, California | 1 | |
| 1933 03 11 | Long Beach, California | 115 | |
| 1934 03 12 | Kosmo, Utah | 2 | |
| 1935 10 19 | Helena, Montana | 2 | |
| 1935 10 31 | Helena, Montana | 2 | |
| 1940 05 19 | Imperial Valley, California | 9 | |
| 1946 04 01 | Aleutian Islands, Alaska | 165 | Tsunami: 159 Hawaii, 5 Alaska, 1 California. |
| 1949 04 13 | Puget Sound, Washington | 8 | |
| 1952 07 21 | Kern County, California | 12 | |
| 1952 08 22 | Kern County, California | 2 | |
| 1954 12 21 | Eureka, California | 1 | |
| 1955 10 24 | Concord, California | 1 | |
| 1957 03 22 | Daly City, California | 1 | |
| 1958 07 10 | Lituya Bay, Alaska | 5 | |
| 1959 08 18 | Hebgen Lake, Montana | 28 | |
| 1960 05 22 | Chile, South America | 61 | Tsunami in Hawaii. |
| 1964 03 28 | Prince William Sound, Alaska | 128 |
Tsunami: 98 Alaska, 11 California, 4 Oregon. Earthquake: 15 Alaska. |
| 1965 04 29 | Seattle, Washington | 7 | |
| 1969 10 02 | Santa Rosa, California | 1 | |
| 1971 02 09 | San Fernando, California | 65 | |
| 1975 11 29 | Hawaii Island, Hawaii | 2 | |
| 1983 10 28 | Borah Peak, Idaho | 2 | |
| 1987 10 01 | Los Angeles-Whittier, Cailfornia | 8 | |
| 1987 10 04 | Los Angeles-Whittier, California | 1 | |
| 1989 08 08 | Santa Cruz County, California | 1 | |
| 1989 10 18 | Santa Cruz County, California | 63 | |
| 1991 06 28 | Southern California | 2 | |
| 1992 06 28 | Landers, California | 3 | |
| 1993 09 21 | Oregon | 2 | |
| 1994 01 17 | Northridge, California | 60 | |
| 1995 02 03 | Wyoming | 1 | |
| 2003 12 22 | 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.
