Earthquakes in Alabama
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Alabama was M 2.5, 12 km NNE of Trinity, Alabama, at 10:54 pm CDT on 26 April 2026, 7 km deep. 2 people reported feeling it to USGS. 2 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Alabama since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Alabama in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0
- Last 7 days
- 0
- Last 30 days
- 0 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
- Last 12 months
- 7 · largest M 2.5 on 26 April 2026
- Since 2016
- 84 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 3.8 on 3 September 2020, 1 km W of Pollard, Alabama
Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Alabama, where USGS names the state in the location
Typical QuakeIndex 71 / 100
1 quake of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Alabama. Normal for here is 0 to 1 in a week.
Compared against Alabama's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated
If you felt one
- Was that an earthquake? — checks what was recorded near you in the last hour
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- Expect aftershocks, and be ready to Drop, Cover, and Hold On if you feel one; if you are in a damaged building, go outside and move away from it (Ready.gov, FEMA; what to do during and after an earthquake)
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings or forecasts. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert and the MyShake app.
The last 30 days
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Latest earthquakes in Alabama
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Largest on record in and around Alabama
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.8 | 1 km W of Pollard, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 7 km SSE of Sewanee, Tennessee | |
| M 3.1 | 4 km N of Flomaton, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 6 km NNW of Pollard, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 10 km E of Maplesville, Alabama | |
| M 3.0 | 8 km NW of Lake View, Alabama | |
| M 3.0 | 7 km W of North Johns, Alabama | |
| M 2.9 | 16 km NNE of Eton, Georgia |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Alabama, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Before 2016: the largest in Alabama since 1900
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists one earthquake of M5 or more in and just off Alabama:
USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.
Counties in Alabama
- Autauga County
- Baldwin County
- Barbour County
- Bibb County
- Blount County
- Bullock County
- Butler County
- Calhoun County
- Chambers County
- Cherokee County
- Chilton County
- Choctaw County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Cleburne County
- Coffee County
- Colbert County
- Conecuh County
- Coosa County
- Covington County
- Crenshaw County
- Cullman County
- Dale County
- Dallas County
- DeKalb County
- Elmore County
- Escambia County
- Etowah County
- Fayette County
- Franklin County
- Geneva County
- Greene County
- Hale County
- Henry County
- Houston County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Lee County
- Limestone County
- Lowndes County
- Macon County
- Madison County
- Marengo County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Mobile County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Morgan County
- Perry County
- Pickens County
- Pike County
- Randolph County
- Russell County
- Shelby County
- St. Clair County
- Sumter County
- Talladega County
- Tallapoosa County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Walker County
- Washington County
- Wilcox County
- Winston County
Be ready
Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.
- Ready.gov: earthquakes (FEMA) — what to do before, during and after, including Drop, Cover, and Hold On
- Build a kit (FEMA) — water, food and supplies for several days; our summary
- USGS: preparedness — the hazard behind the advice, from the agency that records every quake on this page
- The Great ShakeOut — the yearly earthquake drill, with material for homes, schools and workplaces