Earthquakes in Rhode Island
Too few earthquakes here to say what is "normal"
Only 20 earthquakes of M1.5 or largerhave been recorded in Rhode Island 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 So we do not publish one.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 Rhode Island, 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 Rhode Island
None in Rhode Island 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 41.640, -71.576 — 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 Rhode Island
| Magnitude | When | Where |
|---|---|---|
| M 3.6 | 10 km S of Bliss Corner, Massachusetts | |
| M 2.3 | 43 km SSE of New Shoreham, Rhode Island | |
| M 2.3 | 8 km WNW of New Shoreham, Rhode Island | |
| M 2.2 | 18 km SSE of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island | |
| M 2.1 | 18 km NE of New Shoreham, Rhode Island | |
| M 2.1 | 1 km W of North Plymouth, Massachusetts | |
| M 2.0 | southern New England | |
| M 2.0 | 18 km NE of New Shoreham, Rhode Island |
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Rhode Island, which takes in some ground over its borders.
Counties in Rhode Island
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