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Below are links to the maps of our most responded-to earthquakes. Some earthquakes appear in multiple region lists if they're located near a boundary, but the rankings below only consider the region that the event is actually in. If two or more events have the same number of responses, the most recent one is listed first.

Top Ten Felt Earthquakes (all regions)

Region Event ID Location Date Mag Reports
California 40204628 5 miles NNE of Alum Rock, CA OCT 30 2007 5.4 64002
Central US 2008qza6 21 miles SW of Vincennes, Indiana APR 18 2008 5.2 41131
California 14383980 3 miles SW of Chino Hills, CA JUL 29 2008 5.4 40859
California 14151344 6 miles ESE of Anza, CA JUN 12 2005 5.2 29318
California HectorMine Hector Mine OCT 16 1999 7.1 25570
California 40194055 Near Lafayette, CA MAR 1 2007 4.2 20813
California 40187964 3 miles W of Glen Ellen, CA AUG 2 2006 4.4 17979
California 40148755 11 miles N of Cambria, CA DEC 22 2003 6.5 17523
Central US teak 8 miles ENE of Fort Payne, Alabama APR 29 2003 4.6 17481
California 10275733 8 miles SSE of El Cerrito, CA SEP 2 2007 4.7 17198

Top Ten Felt Earthquakes (excluding California)

Region Event ID Location Date Mag Reports
Central US 2008qza6 21 miles SW of Vincennes, Indiana APR 18 2008 5.2 41131
Central US teak 8 miles ENE of Fort Payne, Alabama APR 29 2003 4.6 17481
Central US cdbf 15 miles SE of Columbia, VA DEC 9 2003 4.5 14624
Pacific NW 2281854 Nisqually FEB 28 2001 6.8 12978
Northeast deam 17 miles SW of Plattsburgh, New York APR 20 2002 5.1 9774
Central US 2008qzbw 21 miles SE of Olney, Illinois APR 18 2008 4.6 8148
Central US kgad 8 miles NNW of Ottawa, Illinois JUN 28 2004 4.2 8065
Central US fnbk 12 miles W of Evansville, Indiana JUN 18 2002 4.6 7556
Central US slav 253 miles SSW of Apalachicola, Florida SEP 10 2006 6.0 6232
Central US hbw0825a 20 miles S of Greeneville, Tennessee AUG 24 2005 3.7 4288

Most Felt Earthquake By Region

Region Event ID Location Date Mag Reports
California 40204628 5 miles NNE of Alum Rock, CA OCT 30 2007 5.4 64002
Central US 2008qza6 21 miles SW of Vincennes, Indiana APR 18 2008 5.2 41131
Pacific NW 2281854 Nisqually FEB 28 2001 6.8 12978
Northeast deam 17 miles SW of Plattsburgh, New York APR 20 2002 5.1 9774
W. Mountain azad 13 miles NNE of Dillon, Montana JUL 25 2005 5.6 3848
Alaska 22614036 47 miles E of Cantwell, Alaska NOV 3 2002 7.9 3500
Hawaii twbh 10 miles NNW of Kailua Kona, Hawaii, Hawaii OCT 15 2006 6.7 3117
Puerto Rico & US Terr. 2007kha5 26 miles SSE of ROSEAU, Dominica NOV 29 2007 7.4 264
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Community Internet Intensity Maps <http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake>
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Last modified 11.5.2008

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