Earthquakes in Florida
Too few earthquakes here to say what is "normal"
Only 13 earthquakes of M1.5 or largerhave been recorded in Florida in the 10 years of record we hold, and most weeks have none. A QuakeIndex score is a percentile against this place's own weeks — and when almost every week is empty, that number would just be reporting whether anything happened at all, dressed up as a percentile. So we do not publish one.
This is a statement about Florida, not about our data: it is a quiet place. There have been none of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days.
USGS catalogue · updated
The last 30 days
Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes in Florida
None in Florida in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.
Source USGS · snapshot of
Where this is
Centre 28.156, -82.144 — the mean of this state’s place centroids, from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Activity is measured across a rectangle drawn around the state, so a few earthquakes just over its border are counted too.
Largest on record in and around Florida
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.8 | 1 km W of Pollard, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 105 km S of Gulf Shores, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 4 km N of Flomaton, Alabama | |
| M 3.1 | 6 km NNW of Pollard, Alabama | |
| M 2.8 | 2 km NW of Jay, Florida | |
| M 2.7 | 2 km ESE of Century, Florida | |
| M 2.6 | 13 km NW of Flomaton, Alabama | |
| M 2.5 | Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explosion |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Florida, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Counties in Florida
- Alachua County
- Baker County
- Bay County
- Bradford County
- Brevard County
- Broward County
- Calhoun County
- Charlotte County
- Citrus County
- Clay County
- Collier County
- Columbia County
- DeSoto County
- Dixie County
- Duval County
- Escambia County
- Flagler County
- Franklin County
- Gadsden County
- Gilchrist County
- Glades County
- Gulf County
- Hamilton County
- Hardee County
- Hendry County
- Hernando County
- Highlands County
- Hillsborough County
- Holmes County
- Indian River County
- Jackson County
- Jefferson County
- Lafayette County
- Lake County
- Lee County
- Leon County
- Levy County
- Liberty County
- Madison County
- Manatee County
- Marion County
- Martin County
- Miami-Dade County
- Monroe County
- Nassau County
- Okaloosa County
- Okeechobee County
- Orange County
- Osceola County
- Palm Beach County
- Pasco County
- Pinellas County
- Polk County
- Putnam County
- Santa Rosa County
- Sarasota County
- Seminole County
- St. Johns County
- St. Lucie County
- Sumter County
- Suwannee County
- Taylor County
- Union County
- Volusia County
- Wakulla County
- Walton County
- Washington County
After an earthquake here
- Report what you felt to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us, and they are what produces the intensity maps
- What to do during and after an earthquake
- QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For early warning, ShakeAlert reaches phones through Wireless Emergency Alerts and the MyShake app