Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Alaska

Arizona

Utah

District of Columbia

Florida

Idaho

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Washington

Wyoming

Montana

Maine

North Dakota

Kentucky

Virginia

Delaware

Mississippi

West Virginia

Nebraska

Texas

Missouri

Louisiana

Hawaii

North Carolina

Oregon

Alabama

New Mexico

Kansas

Wisconsin

British Columbia

New Jersey

South Carolina

Michigan

Connecticut

Pennsylvania

Colorado

Nevada

Massachusetts

Georgia

New York

Maryland

Oklahoma

Tennessee

California

Arkansas

South Dakota

Ohio

Indiana

Minnesota

Iowa

Illinois

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

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

Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)

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.

USGS

A map shows areas of heavy groundwater extraction worldwide, marked with blue shaded dots. Highest extraction areas include the United States, Mexico, China, and India.

Locations where groundwater systems experience levels of extraction exceeding recharge rates over a limited period of time

Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)							Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction
Value	Lowest hazard	Low hazard	Moderately low hazard	Moderate hazard	Moderately high hazard	High hazard	Highest hazard	Areas of Heavy Groundwater Extraction





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