Template:Deadliest earthquakes by state
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| State | Name (location) | Date | Deaths / Magnitude or Intensity | |
| Alabama | Irondale, AL | October 18, 1916 | 0 / 5.10 | |
| Alaska | Prince William Sound, AK | March 28, 1964 | 113 / 9.2 | |
| Arizona | Fredonia, AZ | July 7, 1959 | 0 / 5.60 | |
| Arkansas | Northeast Arkansas | December 16, 1811 | several / 8.1 | |
| California | San Francisco, CA | April 18, 1906 | 3,000 / 7.8 | |
| Colorado | Denver, CO | November 8, 1882 | 0 / 6.2 | |
| Connecticut | East Haddam, CT | August 9, 1878 | 0 / VII | |
| Delaware | Wilmington, DE | October 9, 1871 | 0 / VII | |
| Florida | St. Augustine, FL | January 13, 1879 | 0 / VI | |
| Georgia | Georgia | March 5, 1914 | 0 / 4.5 | |
| Hawaii | Hawaii Island | April 3, 1868 | 77 / 7.9 % | |
| Idaho | Borah Peak, ID | October 28, 1983 | 2 / 6.9 | |
| Illinois | Illinois | November 9, 1968 | 0 / 5.3 | |
| Indiana | Wabash River Valley, Indiana | September 27, 1909 | 0 / 5.1 | |
| Iowa | Keokuk, IA | April 13, 1905 | 0 / V | |
| Kansas | Manhattan, KS | April 24, 1867 | 0 / 5.1 | |
| Kentucky | Sharpsburg, KY | July 27, 1980 | 0 / 5.2 | |
| Louisiana | Napoleonville, LA | October 19, 1930 | 0 / 4.2 | |
| Maine | Southeast Maine | March 21, 1904 | 0 / 5.1 | |
| Maryland | Maryland | January 13, 1990 | 0 / 2.5 | |
| Massachusetts | Cape Ann, MA | November 18, 1755 | 0 / VIII | |
| Michigan | Southern Michigan | August 10, 1947 | 0 / 4.6 | |
| Minnesota | Western Minnesota | July 9, 1975 | 0 / 4.6 | |
| Mississippi | Charleston, MS | December 17, 1931 | 0 / 4.6 | |
| Missouri | New Madrid, MO | February 7, 1812 | 0 / 8.0 | |
| Montana | Hebgen Lake, MT | August 18, 1959 | 28 / 7.3 | |
| Nebraska | Merriman, NE | March 28, 1964 | 0 / 5.1 | |
| Nevada | Cedar Mountain, NV | December 21, 1932 | 0 / 7.2 | |
| New Hampshire | Ossipee, NH | December 24, 1940 | 0 / 5.5 | |
| New Jersey | New Jersey | November 30, 1783 | 0 / 5.3 | |
| New Mexico | Socorro, NM | November 15, 1906 | 0 / VII | |
| New York | Massena, NY | September 5, 1944 | 0 / 5.8 | |
| North Carolina | Waynesville, NC | February 21, 1916 | 0 / 5.2 | |
| North Dakota | North Dakota | May 16, 1909 | 0 / 5.5 | |
| Ohio | Western Ohio | March 9, 1937 | 0 / 5.4 | |
| Oklahoma | El Reno, OK | April 9, 1952 | 0 / 5.5 | |
| Oregon | Klamath Falls, OR | September 21, 1993 | 2 / 6.0 | |
| Pennsylvania | Meadville, PA | September 25, 1998 | 0 / 5.2 | |
| Rhode Island | Newport, RI | March 11, 1976 | 0 / 3.5 | |
| South Carolina | Charleston, SC | September 1, 1886 | 60 / 7.3 | |
| South Dakota | South Dakota | June 6, 1911 | 0 / 4.5 | |
| Tennessee | Memphis, TN | August 17, 1865 | 0 / 5.0 | |
| Texas | Valentine, TX | August 16, 1931 | 0 / 5.8 | |
| Utah | Kosmo, UT | March 12, 1934 | 2 / 6.6 | |
| Vermont | Vermont | April 10, 1962 | 0 / 4.0 | |
| Virginia | Giles County, VA | May 31, 1897 | 0 / 5.9 | |
| Washington | Puget Sound | April 13, 1949 | 8 / 7.1 | |
| West Virginia | Southern West Virginia | November 20, 1969 | 0 / 4.5 | |
| Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | May 6, 1947 | 0 / V | |
| Wyoming | Wyoming | February 3, 1995 | 1 / 5.3 | |
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^ Where no deaths are reported, the strongest earthquake is listed from that state. % Hawaii had 159 deaths from a tsunami caused by the 1946 earthquake in Alaska. |
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