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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

USGS

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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Earthquake Hazard Areas (U.S.)

Carbonate Outcrops

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Low hazard

Moderately low hazard

Moderate hazard

Moderately high hazard

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Highest hazard

Carbonate Outcrops

District of Columbia
100%
Florida
87.3%10.9%
New Hampshire
39.4%60.3%
Rhode Island
93.7%
Wyoming
5.20%20.2%63.6%8.78%
Montana
20.1%5.22%15.0%22.0%2.02%
North Dakota
98.6%1.38%
Kentucky
7.69%64.8%10.2%7.55%1.03%3.57%
Virginia
1.50%39.8%49.9%5.34%
Delaware
80.2%18.7%
Mississippi
46.6%33.2%16.6%3.37%
West Virginia
66.8%33.2%
Nebraska
33.8%2.42%1.45%
Texas
54.2%29.7%7.88%
Missouri
8.53%41.8%23.6%11.8%7.42%1.26%5.55%
Louisiana
6.85%90.8%1.03%
Hawaii
7.50%6.67%9.71%4.93%52.2%
North Carolina
5.87%47.3%35.4%9.17%1.38%
Alabama
2.82%40.6%43.3%7.23%
New Mexico
7.73%4.90%54.5%8.67%
Kansas
42.9%9.98%
Wisconsin
95.7%4.01%
New Jersey
17.9%69.2%10.9%
South Carolina
22.6%58.4%8.92%2.25%7.66%
Connecticut
98.9%
Pennsylvania
85.9%14.1%
Massachusetts
79.0%15.4%
Georgia
4.38%39.2%43.9%10.4%1.79%
New York
31.8%35.5%13.6%7.01%
Maryland
87.1%10.7%
Oklahoma
43.3%42.2%13.7%
Tennessee
28.9%15.6%11.5%1.92%8.15%
Arkansas
17.3%39.7%21.2%1.93%2.11%7.50%
South Dakota
27.5%53.6%8.87%
Ohio
85.3%2.10%1.52%
Indiana
50.5%36.9%9.25%3.12%
Minnesota
99.1%
Iowa
92.6%7.45%
Illinois
52.5%18.5%13.6%11.9%1.07%1.91%
Alaska
2.85%1.92%2.33%38.6%2.01%5.60%5.27%3
Arizona
6.30%79.1%4.42%2
Utah
12.7%56.8%6.12%1.39%6
Yukon
2
Northwest Territories
1
Idaho
2.22%24.8%28.3%9.56%2
Vermont
81.9%18.1%3
Washington
25.6%38.5%19.2%5.52%10.1%4
Nunavut
1
Maine
63.3%7.54%3
Oregon
1.50%41.7%13.0%4.40%4.75%8
New Brunswick
1
British Columbia
2.06%5
Newfoundland and Labrador
4
Michigan
74.0%24.1%2
Colorado
5.33%26.1%34.0%32.6%1
Nevada
6.24%61.7%15.9%6.20%1.29%15
Québec
5
Ontario
2
California
3.21%9.22%1.48%1.10%28.4%6
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