Earthquakes in New Hampshire
The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in New Hampshire was M 2.6, 3 km SE of Haverhill, New Hampshire, at 12:33 pm EDT on 18 June 2024, 8 km deep. 122 people reported feeling it to USGS. 11 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in New Hampshire since.
No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in New Hampshire 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
- 4 · largest M 2.1 on 2 January 2026
- Since 2016
- 75 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
- Largest since 2016
- M 3.8 on 27 January 2025, 9 km SE of York Harbor, Maine
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 New Hampshire, where USGS names the state in the location
Earthquakes are rare here
120 earthquakes of M1.5 or larger have been recorded in New Hampshire in 10 years, and most weeks have none. There have been none in the last 7 days.
With so few, a QuakeIndex score — this week as a percentile of New Hampshire's own weeks — would only say whether anything happened at all, so none is shown. That is a statement about New Hampshire, not about our data.
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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Live · last 7 days
Latest earthquakes in New Hampshire
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Largest on record in and around New Hampshire
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.8 | 9 km SE of York Harbor, Maine | |
| M 2.9 | 4 km SW of Center Sandwich, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.9 | 0 km SSW of Gorham, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.8 | 4 km ESE of Warner, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.7 | 0 km SE of East Kingston, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.7 | 5 km SW of Chichester, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.6 | 3 km SE of Haverhill, New Hampshire | |
| M 2.5 | 4 km S of Dallas, Maine |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around New Hampshire, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Before 2016: the largest in New Hampshire since 1900
The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off New Hampshire:
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 New Hampshire
- Belknap County
- Carroll County
- Cheshire County
- Coos County
- Grafton County
- Hillsborough County
- Merrimack County
- Rockingham County
- Strafford County
- Sullivan 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