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Arizona Earthquakes: Recent Quakes and the Largest on Record

Arizona averages 14 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year (2016 to 2025), and the largest in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M6.2 of January 25, 1906, near Flagstaff, Arizona.

Live from the USGS

Earthquakes near Phoenix in the last 30 days

Every quake within 155 miles of Phoenix, Arizona’s largest city, newest first. For your own address, enter a ZIP code.

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Magnitude
Reading the USGS earthquake catalog for magnitude 1.5 and up within 155 miles of Phoenix.

Live from the USGS earthquake catalog. Times are Mountain Standard Time year round time; felt reports and the shaking level come from Did You Feel It? A new quake can take a few minutes to appear and its magnitude can be revised.

Arizona by the numbers

USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026
14
Quakes of M2.5+ a year
the average, 2016 to 2025
16th
Rank of 50 states
by quakes of M2.5+ a year
M6.2
Largest since 1900
January 25, 1906
1
M3+ in 2026
through October 10, 2026

Arizona averages 14 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more a year, counting 140 from 2016 to 2025, which ranks it 16th of the fifty states.

Since 1990

Arizona earthquakes by year

The USGS catalog lists 177 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more in Arizona from 1990 to 2025, the most in 2014 (30). 2016 to 2025: 49; 2006 to 2015: 68.

Magnitude 3 and up in Arizona, 1990 to 2025; the tallest bar is 30. From the USGS catalog, read October 10, 2026.
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Since 1900

The 10 largest earthquakes in Arizona

The largest earthquake in Arizona in the USGS catalog since 1900 is the M6.2 of January 25, 1906, near Flagstaff, Arizona. The most recent of magnitude 4 or more was the M4.4 of September 19, 2022, 45 km ESE of Littlefield, Arizona.

  1. 1M6.2
    Near Flagstaff, ArizonaJanuary 25, 1906
  2. 2M6.2
    Near Flagstaff, ArizonaAugust 18, 1912
  3. 3M6.0
    Southwest of Cameron, ArizonaSeptember 24, 1910
  4. 4M5.6
    21 km SE of Fredonia, ArizonaJuly 21, 1959
  5. 5M5.3
    5 km SSE of Valle, ArizonaApril 29, 1993, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  6. 6M5.3
    13 km SW of Franklin, ArizonaJune 29, 2014, 4.0 mi (6 km) deep
  7. 7M5.1
    40 km SSW of Winslow West, ArizonaMarch 2, 2005, 3.1 mi (5 km) deep
  8. 8M5.0
    36 km NNE of Flagstaff, ArizonaOctober 13, 1959
  9. 9M5.0
    3 km SSW of Valle, ArizonaApril 25, 1993, 6.2 mi (10 km) deep
  10. 10M4.9
    Near Williams, ArizonaDecember 6, 1913

From the USGS ComCat catalog, every magnitude since 1900, read October 10, 2026. Each place links to the quake’s USGS page.

The faults

Fault zones in Arizona

  • Arizona Seismic Belt
  • Pitaycachi fault
“There is a distinct seismic belt that runs from the north-northwestern to the southeastern part of the state, the Arizona Seismic Belt.”

Named by the Arizona Geological Survey, read October 9, 2026.

When it shakes

What to do in an earthquake

  1. 1

    Drop

    Drop where you are onto hands and knees.

  2. 2

    Cover

    Cover your head and neck with one arm and hand. If a sturdy table or desk is nearby, crawl underneath it for shelter. If no shelter is nearby, crawl next to an interior wall (away from windows). Stay on your knees; bend over to protect vital organs.

  3. 3

    Hold On

    Hold until the shaking stops. If under shelter, hold on with one hand and be ready to move with it when the shelter moves. If not under shelter, hold on to your head and neck with both arms and hands.

Ready.gov’s words, from Ready.gov: Earthquakes (updated Sep 9, 2026, read October 9, 2026). Practice it with The Great ShakeOut: Earthquake Drills.

A seismograph drum wrapped in paper with rows of ink traces, the pen drawing a new line as the drum turns
A seismogram being recorded by a seismograph at the Weston Observatory in Massachusetts. “Seismogram at Weston Observatory” by Z22, CC BY-SA 3.0
Questions

Arizona earthquake questions

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Sources. The live list: the USGS FDSN event service. Arizona’s counts and largest quakes: the USGS ComCat catalog, read October 10, 2026, counted inside the state’s Census boundary and within 150 km of its coast where USGS names the state. Phoenix: the state’s most populous city in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. Older years hold fewer small quakes because fewer instruments were listening.

Hero photograph: the San Andreas Fault across the Carrizo Plain. “Kluft-photo-Carrizo-Plain-Nov-2007-Img 0327” by Ikluft, CC BY-SA 4.0