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

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

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    Source: USGS

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