Significant Earthquakes in US Territories
Every significant earthquake NOAA records in US Territories, with its toll.
Map
Every significant earthquake in US Territories with a location. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The record
- Earthquakes
- 39
- Deaths counted
- 172
- Earliest
- 1717
The deadliest
Every earthquake
Newest first.
- May 2, 2020, Ponce, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- January 7, 2020, Ponce,san Juan, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- July 29, 2016, Northern Mariana Islands, US Territories
- January 13, 2014, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 13, 2010, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Territories
- May 29, 2010, Anatahan Region, N. Mariana Islands, US Territories
- May 16, 2010, Lares, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 14, 2002, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, US Territories
- April 26, 2002, Guam, US Territories
- October 12, 2001, Guam, US Territories
- April 23, 1997, Guam, US Territories
- August 8, 1993, Tuman Bay, Apra Harbor, Guam, US Territories
- April 5, 1990, Saipan, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Territories
- November 1, 1989, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- November 3, 1988, Catano, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- November 1, 1975, Guam, US Territories
- July 29, 1943, San Juan, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- November 12, 1918, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- October 25, 1918, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- October 11, 1918, Mona Passage, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- December 9, 1909, Guam, US Territories
- February 10, 1903, Guam, US Territories
- September 22, 1902, Agana, Guam, US Territories
- May 16, 1892, Guam, US Territories
- December 9, 1875, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- March 11, 1874, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- August 21, 1871, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- March 17, 1868, San Juan, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- December 1, 1867, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- November 18, 1867, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- January 25, 1849, Guam, US Territories
- April 16, 1844, San Juan, St Thomas, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- August 2, 1837, Virgin Islands, US Territories
- May 1834, Agana, Guam, US Territories
- April 1825, Ladrones Island, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, US Territories
- 1809, Guam, US Territories
- May 10, 1787, Ponce,san Juan, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- May 2, 1787, Arecibo,mayaguez,san Juan,caguas, Puerto Rico, US Territories
- 1717, Arecibo, Puerto Rico, US Territories
By country
- Afghanistan72
- Albania56
- Algeria58
- Antarctica7
- Antigua and Barbuda3
- Argentina39
- Armenia13
- Atlantic Ocean7
- Australia34
- Austria8
- Azerbaijan17
- Azores28
- Bangladesh19
- Barbados1
- Belgium1
- Bering Sea1
- Bhutan5
- Bolivia19
- Bosnia and Herzegovina11
- Brazil13
- British Virgin Islands1
- Bulgaria18
- Burundi1
- Cameroon2
- Canada22
- Canary Islands2
- Central African Republic1
- Chile200
- China626
- Colombia83
- Comoros1
- Congo7
- Costa Rica37
- Cote d'Ivoire2
- Croatia53
- Cuba15
- Cyprus10
- Czech Republic1
- Djibouti2
- Dominica1
- Dominican Republic19
- Ecuador70
- Egypt17
- El Salvador42
- Eritrea6
- Ethiopia11
- Fiji20
- France43
- French Guiana2
- French Polynesia1
- Gabon1
- Georgia15
- Germany9
- Ghana6
- Greece296
- Greenland1
- Grenada1
- Guadeloupe9
- Guatemala47
- Guinea1
- Haiti21
- Honduras15
- Hungary5
- Iceland17
- India102
- Indian Ocean3
- Indonesia427
- Iran388
- Iraq24
- Ireland1
- Israel24
- Italy338
- Jamaica19
- Japan429
- Jordan5
- Kazakhstan9
- Kenya3
- Kermadec Islands23
- Kiribati1
- Kyrgyzstan15
- Laos2
- Lebanon14
- Libya2
- Madagascar1
- Malawi4
- Malaysia3
- Martinique10
- Mexico217
- Micronesia5
- Mongolia7
- Montenegro10
- Montserrat1
- Morocco21
- Mozambique3
- Myanmar43
- Nepal21
- Netherlands4
- New Caledonia28
- New Zealand72
- Nicaragua40
- North Korea6
- North Macedonia13
- Norway2
- Oman2
- Pacific Ocean2
- Pakistan55
- Palau1
- Panama23
- Papua New Guinea107
- Peru195
- Philippines233
- Poland8
- Portugal29
- Romania15
- Russia159
- Rwanda5
- Saint Lucia2
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1
- Samoa8
- Saudi Arabia3
- Senegal1
- Serbia15
- Sierra Leone1
- Slovakia3
- Slovenia22
- Solomon Islands63
- Solomon Sea2
- South Africa14
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands7
- South Korea22
- South Sudan4
- Spain35
- Sri Lanka1
- Sudan1
- Switzerland31
- Syria34
- Taiwan103
- Tajikistan29
- Tanzania8
- Tasman Sea1
- Thailand4
- Togo2
- Tonga26
- Trinidad and Tobago8
- Tunisia9
- Turkey360
- Turkmenistan12
- Uganda4
- UK Territories2
- Ukraine12
- United Kingdom15
- United States283
- Uruguay2
- US Territories39
- Uzbekistan14
- Vanuatu65
- Venezuela65
- Vietnam6
- Wallis and Futuna1
- Yemen10
- Zambia1
Sources
Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24.