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Deaths From Earthquakes in the United States  
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These are the recorded earthquake death totals in the United States since 1812.

	1812 - San Juan Capistrano, California - 40 dead
	1812 - Santa Barbara, California - 1
	1857 - Fort Tejon, California - 1
	1868 - Hawaii Island, Hawaii - 77 (Landslides: 31, tsunami: 46)
	1868 - Hayward, California - 30
	1872 - Owens Valley, California - 27
	1877 - Hawaii Island, Hawaii - 5
	1886 - Charleston, South Carolina - 60
	1892 - Vacaville, California - 1
	1899 - San Jacinto, California - 6
	1906 - San Francisco, California - about 3,000 Deaths from earthquake and fire.
	1915 - Imperial Valley, California - 6
	1918 - San Jacinto, California - 1
	1925 - Santa Barbara, California - 13
	1926 - Santa Barbara, California - 1
	1932 - Eureka, California - 1
	1933 - Long Beach, California - 115
	1935 - Helena, Montana - 2
	1935 - Helena, Montana - 2
	1940 - Imperial Valley, California - 9
	1946 - Aleutian Islands, Alaska - 165 (Tsunami: 159 Hawaii, 5 Alaska, 1 California)
	1949 - Puget Sound, Washington - 8
	1952 - Kern County, California - 12
	1952 - Kern County, California - 2
	1954 - Eureka, California - 1
	1955 - Concord, California - 1
	1957 - Daly City, California - 1
	1958 - Southeastern Alaska - 5
	1959 - Hebgen Lake, Montana - 28
	1960 - Chile, South America - 61 Tsunami in Hawaii.
	1964 - Prince William Sound, Alaska - 125 (Tsunami: 98 Alaska, 11 California, 1 Oregon. Earthquake: 15 Alaska)
	1965 - Seattle, Washington - 7
	1969 - Santa Rosa, California - 1
	1971 - San Fernando, California - 65
	1975 - Hawaii Island, Hawaii - 2
	1983 - Borah Peak, Idaho - 2
	1987 - Los Angeles-Whittier, Cailfornia - 8
	1987 - Los Angeles-Whittier, California - 1
	1989 - Santa Cruz County, California - 1
	1989 - Santa Cruz County, California - 63
	1991 - Southern California - 2
	1992 - Landers, California - 3
	1993 - Oregon - 2
	1994 - Northridge, California - 60
	1995 - Wyoming - 1
	2003 - Central California - 2

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Source: USGS

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