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United States

United States on the map: 153 Holocene volcanoes and 458 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
153
Confirmed eruptions
1,066
Continuing eruptions
2
Highest volcano
Churchill 5,005 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
458
Strongest
M 9.2 1964
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Mauna Loa Shield volcanoes 4,170 m 110 2022
Redoubt Stratovolcanoes 3,108 m 97 2009
Kīlauea continuing Shield volcanoes 1,222 m 75 2026
Pavlof Stratovolcanoes 2,493 m 44 2022
Akutan Stratovolcanoes 1,303 m 40 1992
Haleakala Shield volcanoes 3,053 m 40 1750
Mount St. Helens Stratovolcanoes 2,549 m 40 2008
Shishaldin Stratovolcanoes 2,857 m 40 2023
Veniaminof Stratovolcanoes 2,507 m 24 2021
Augustine Lava domes 1,218 m 22 2006
Cleveland Stratovolcanoes 1,730 m 22 2020
Hualalai Shield volcanoes 2,523 m 22 1801
Shasta Stratovolcanoes 4,317 m 22 1250
Rainier Stratovolcanoes 4,392 m 20 1450
Makushin Stratovolcanoes 1,800 m 19 1995
Kanaga Stratovolcanoes 1,307 m 18 2023
Okmok Shield volcanoes 1,073 m 18 2008
Aniakchak Calderas 1,341 m 16 1931
Adams Stratovolcanoes 3,742 m 15 950
Trident Stratovolcanoes 1,864 m 15 1974
Farallon de Pajaros Stratovolcanoes 337 m 14 1953
Craters of the Moon Volcanic fields 2,005 m 13 130 BCE
Mono-Inyo Craters Lava domes 2,796 m 13 1380
Ahyi Stratovolcanoes −55 m 12 2026
Gareloi Stratovolcanoes 1,573 m 12 1989
Atka Volcanic Complex Stratovolcanoes 1,518 m 11 2025
Baker Stratovolcanoes 3,285 m 11 1880
Newberry Shield volcanoes 2,434 m 11 690
Seguam Stratovolcanoes 1,054 m 11 1993
Bogoslof Stratovolcanoes 150 m 9 2017
Great Sitkin continuing Stratovolcanoes 1,740 m 9 2026
Medicine Lake Shield volcanoes 2,412 m 9 1060
Mageik Stratovolcanoes 2,165 m 8 500 BCE
Iliamna Stratovolcanoes 3,053 m 7 1876
Spurr Stratovolcanoes 3,374 m 7 1992
Westdahl Stratovolcanoes 1,563 m 7 1992
Fisher Stratovolcanoes 1,112 m 6 1830
Glacier Peak Stratovolcanoes 3,213 m 6 1700
Mauna Kea Shield volcanoes 4,205 m 6 2,460 BCE
Semisopochnoi Stratovolcanoes 1,221 m 6 2023
Tanaga Stratovolcanoes 1,806 m 6 1914
Three Sisters Complex volcanoes 3,159 m 6 439
Amukta Stratovolcanoes 1,066 m 5 1996
Crater Lake Calderas 2,487 m 5 2,850 BCE
Hood Stratovolcanoes 3,426 m 5 1866
Lassen Volcanic Center Stratovolcanoes 3,187 m 5 1917
Wrangell Shield volcanoes 4,278 m 5 1912
Belknap Shield volcanoes 2,094 m 4 475
Edgecumbe Volcanic fields 970 m 4 2,080 BCE
Kamaehuakanaloa Shield volcanoes −975 m 4 1996
Kiska Stratovolcanoes 1,220 m 4 1990
Martin Stratovolcanoes 1,863 m 4 1953
Mono Lake Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 2,121 m 4 1790
Ugashik-Peulik Stratovolcanoes 1,474 m 4 1814
Amak Stratovolcanoes 547 m 3 1796
Fukujin Stratovolcanoes −217 m 3 1974
Hayes Stratovolcanoes 3,034 m 3 1200
Koniuji Stratovolcanoes 273 m 3 1,150 BCE
Moffett Stratovolcanoes 1,196 m 3 1,600 BCE
North Gorda Ridge Segment Fissure vents −3,000 m 3 1996
Red Hill-Quemado Volcanic fields 2,300 m 3 9,450 BCE
Salton Buttes Lava domes −40 m 3 210
Vailuluu Shield volcanoes −592 m 3 2003
Vsevidof Stratovolcanoes 2,160 m 3 1878
Yunaska Shield volcanoes 550 m 3 1937
Carlisle Stratovolcanoes 1,620 m 2 1828
Chiginagak Stratovolcanoes 2,221 m 2 1998
Churchill Stratovolcanoes 5,005 m 2 847
Jefferson Stratovolcanoes 3,199 m 2 950
Kaguyak Lava domes 901 m 2 3,850 BCE
Kasatochi Stratovolcanoes 314 m 2 2008
Little Sitkin Stratovolcanoes 1,174 m 2 1830
Mammoth Mountain Lava domes 3,369 m 2 1260
Sand Mountain Field Volcanic fields 1,664 m 2 950 BCE
Ukinrek Maars Maars and tuff cones 91 m 2 1977
West Crater Volcanic fields 1,329 m 2 5,750 BCE
Zuni-Bandera Volcanic fields 2,550 m 2 1,170 BCE
Asuncion Stratovolcanoes 857 m 1 1906
Bachelor Stratovolcanoes 2,763 m 1 5,800 BCE
Black Butte Crater Lava Field Shield volcanoes 1,478 m 1 8,180 BCE
Black Peak Stratovolcanoes 1,032 m 1 1,900 BCE
Black Rock Desert Volcanic fields 1,800 m 1 1290
Blue Lake Crater Maars and tuff cones 1,136 m 1 680
Buzzard Creek Maars and tuff cones 830 m 1 1,050 BCE
Carrizozo Pyroclastic cones 1,731 m 1 3,250 BCE
Dana Stratovolcanoes 1,354 m 1 1,890 BCE
Davis Lake Volcanic fields 2,163 m 1 2,790 BCE
Diamond Craters Volcanic fields 1,435 m 1 5,610 BCE
Dotsero Maars and tuff cones 2,230 m 1 2,200 BCE
Escanaba Segment Fissure vents −1,700 m 1 2,260 BCE
Fourpeaked Stratovolcanoes 2,105 m 1 2006
Griggs Stratovolcanoes 2,317 m 1 1,790 BCE
Guguan Stratovolcanoes 232 m 1 1883
Hell's Half Acre Shield volcanoes 1,632 m 1 3,250 BCE
Imuruk Lake Volcanic fields 610 m 1 300
Indian Heaven Volcanic fields 1,806 m 1 6,250 BCE
Jordan Craters Volcanic fields 1,473 m 1 1,250 BCE
Kagamil Stratovolcanoes 893 m 1 1929
Kasuga 1 Stratovolcanoes −598 m 1 1959
Katmai Stratovolcanoes 2,047 m 1 1912
Mariana Back-Arc Segment at 15.5°N Fissure vents −4,100 m 1 2015
Markagunt Plateau Volcanic fields 2,840 m 1 1050
Novarupta Calderas 841 m 1 1912
NW Rota-1 Stratovolcanoes −455 m 1 2010
Ofu-Olosega Shield volcanoes 639 m 1 1866
Roundtop Stratovolcanoes 1,871 m 1 7,600 BCE
San Francisco Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 3,850 m 1 1075
Snowy Mountain Stratovolcanoes 2,162 m 1 1710
St. Paul Island Shield volcanoes 203 m 1 1,280 BCE
Takawangha Stratovolcanoes 1,449 m 1 1550
Ubehebe Craters Maars and tuff cones 752 m 1 150 BCE
Uinkaret Field Volcanic fields 1,555 m 1 1100
Wapi Lava Field Shield volcanoes 1,597 m 1 300 BCE
Yantarni Stratovolcanoes 1,345 m 1 800 BCE
Alaska Peninsula Arc at 155.4°W Lava domes 402 m 0 —
Behm Canal-Rudyerd Bay Volcanic fields 500 m 0 —
Bobrof Stratovolcanoes 738 m 0 —
Buldir Stratovolcanoes 656 m 0 —
Chagulak Stratovolcanoes 1,028 m 0 —
Cinnamon Butte Pyroclastic cones 1,958 m 0 —
Clear Lake Volcanic Field Volcanic fields 1,439 m 0 —
Daikoku Stratovolcanoes −323 m 0 —
Davidof Stratovolcanoes 328 m 0 —
Denison Stratovolcanoes 2,287 m 0 —
Devils Garden Volcanic fields 1,698 m 0 —
Douglas Stratovolcanoes 2,140 m 0 —
Duncan Canal Volcanic fields 15 m 0 —
Dutton Stratovolcanoes 1,465 m 0 —
Emmons Lake Volcanic Center Calderas 1,534 m 0 —
Forecast Seamount Stratovolcanoes −1,456 m 0 —
Frosty Stratovolcanoes 1,728 m 0 —
Herbert Stratovolcanoes 1,280 m 0 —
Ingakslugwat Hills Volcanic fields 190 m 0 —
Jackson Segment Fissure vents −3,100 m 0 —
Kasuga 2 Stratovolcanoes −274 m 0 —
Kialagvik Stratovolcanoes 1,677 m 0 —
Kukak Stratovolcanoes 2,043 m 0 —
Kupreanof Stratovolcanoes 1,895 m 0 —
Malumalu Stratovolcanoes −145 m 0 —
Maug Islands Stratovolcanoes 227 m 0 —
NW Eifuku Stratovolcanoes −1,535 m 0 —
Pavlof Sister Stratovolcanoes 2,142 m 0 —
Recheschnoi Stratovolcanoes 1,984 m 0 —
Segula Stratovolcanoes 1,160 m 0 —
Soda Lakes Maars and tuff cones 1,251 m 0 —
St. Michael Volcanic fields 715 m 0 —
Steller Stratovolcanoes 2,279 m 0 —
Stepovak Bay Group Volcanic fields 1,633 m 0 —
Supply Reef Stratovolcanoes −8 m 0 —
Tana Stratovolcanoes 1,170 m 0 —
Tau Shield volcanoes 931 m 0 —
Tlevak Strait-Suemez Island Volcanic fields 50 m 0 —
Uliaga Stratovolcanoes 888 m 0 —

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 9.2 · Great Alaska earthquake (1964) 28 March 1964 · 25 km
  2. M 9.0 · Cascadia earthquake (1700) 27 January 1700
  3. M 8.7 · Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) 4 February 1965 · 30 km
  4. M 8.6 · Unimak Island, Alaska 1 April 1946 · 15 km
  5. M 8.6 · Atka, Alaska 9 March 1957 · 25 km
  6. M 8.3 · Western Aleutian Islands (Hawadax/Rat Islands) 17 August 1906 · 110 km
  7. M 8.2 · Semidi Islands, Alaska 10 November 1938 · 35 km
  8. M 8.2 · Chignik, Alaska 29 July 2021 · 35 km
  9. M 8.2 · Yakutat Bay, Alaska 4 September 1899
  10. M 8.2 · Yakutat Bay, Alaska 10 September 1899
  11. M 8.0 · Atka, Alaska 7 May 1986 · 33 km
  12. M 7.9 · Fort Tejon, California 9 January 1857
  13. M 7.9 · Great K`au, Hawaii 3 April 1868
  14. M 7.9 · San Francisco earthquake (1906) 18 April 1906 · 12 km
  15. M 7.9 · 200 km WSW of Yakutat, Alaska 30 November 1987 · 10 km
  16. M 7.9 · 77 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 10 June 1996 · 33 km
  17. M 7.9 · Denali Fault, Alaska 3 November 2002 · 4 km
  18. M 7.9 · Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 23 June 2014 · 109 km
  19. M 7.9 · 261 km SE of Chiniak, Alaska 23 January 2018 · 14 km
  20. M 7.9 · Kodiak Island region, Alaska 9 October 1900 · 20 km
  21. M 7.9 · 93 km NW of Attu Station, Alaska 17 December 1929 · 20 km
  22. M 7.8 · 234 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska 7 March 1929 · 15 km
  23. M 7.8 · Lituya Bay, Alaska 10 July 1958 · 10 km
  24. M 7.8 · 81 km E of Nikolski, Alaska 2 July 1965 · 39 km
  25. M 7.8 · Gulf of Alaska 6 March 1988 · 10 km
  26. M 7.8 · Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 17 November 2003 · 33 km
  27. M 7.8 · Perryville, Alaska 22 July 2020 · 28 km
  28. M 7.7 · 17 km SSW of Leilani Estates, Hawaii 29 November 1975 · 9 km
  29. M 7.6 · South of Attu Island, Alaska 29 June 1898
  30. M 7.6 · Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 30 March 1965 · 24 km
  31. M 7.6 · 55 km SW of Sitka, Alaska 30 July 1972 · 20 km
  32. M 7.6 · 36 km NE of Attu Station, Alaska 2 February 1975 · 10 km
  33. M 7.6 · Sand Point, Alaska 19 October 2020 · 28 km
  34. M 7.6 · 5 km WNW of Adak, Alaska 14 February 1905 · 35 km
  35. M 7.5 · Northeastern Arkansas (New Madrid Seismic Zone) 16 December 1811
  36. M 7.5 · Western Tennessee (New Madrid Seismic Zone) 7 February 1812
  37. M 7.5 · Northwest of San Bernardino, California 8 December 1812
  38. M 7.5 · Kern County, California 21 July 1952 · 6 km
  39. M 7.5 · 110 km SW of Edna Bay, Alaska 5 January 2013 · 9 km
  40. M 7.4 · 123 km W of Big Lagoon, California 31 January 1922 · 15 km
  41. M 7.4 · San Andreas Fault, California 25 June 1838
  42. M 7.4 · Owens Valley, California 26 March 1872
  43. M 7.4 · Yakutat Bay, Alaska 10 September 1899
  44. M 7.4 · 133 km WNW of Nikolski, Alaska 18 April 1916 · 140 km
  45. M 7.4 · 54 km SE of Sand Point, Alaska 31 May 1917 · 35 km
  46. M 7.4 · 265 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 4 February 1965 · 9 km
  47. M 7.4 · 151 km S of Attu Station, Alaska 2 September 1907 · 15 km
  48. M 7.3 · 88 km WSW of Adak, Alaska 7 July 1929 · 35 km
  49. M 7.3 · North of New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid Seismic Zone) 23 January 1812
  50. M 7.3 · Central Alaska 27 August 1904
  51. M 7.3 · Landers, California 28 June 1992 · 0 km
  52. M 7.3 · 46 km SSW of Adak, Alaska 10 June 1996 · 26 km
  53. M 7.3 · Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska 24 June 2011 · 52 km
  54. M 7.3 · Sand Point, Alaska 16 July 2025 · 38 km
  55. M 7.2 · 31 km SSW of Pelican, Alaska 24 October 1927 · 10 km
  56. M 7.2 · 238 km SSE of Attu Station, Alaska 8 September 1939 · 15 km
  57. M 7.2 · Kodiak Island region, Alaska 14 July 1899
  58. M 7.2 · Mount McKinley (Denali) area, Alaska 7 July 1912 · 3 km
  59. M 7.2 · Hebgen Lake, Montana 18 August 1959 · 12 km
  60. M 7.2 · Eureka, California 8 November 1980 · 19 km

Showing the 60 strongest of 458. All of them are on the main map.