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If you are like most people, you like lists.

  • Writer: ANTON KARPOVICH
    ANTON KARPOVICH
  • May 17
  • 1 min read

Below is one. It is every state in the United States, and the last time there was a magnitude 4 or greater earthquake measured in that state. Here it is:

A couple of things this list brings to mind:

If you think you don’t need to be concerned about earthquakes, you probably do. People living in most states feel earthquakes. Want to avoid earthquake shaking? I’d consider moving to Iowa, Maine. Minnesota, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Wisconsin. Of course, maybe those places are just overdue. Wisconsin is the only state I could find that has never reported having a 4.0 or higher earthquake epicenter within the borders of their state.

Some of the earthquakes in the list, shown in two or more states on the same day with the same magnitude, are in fact the same earthquake. Its shaking was felt in multiple states and thus was measured there as well.


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