How frequent are earthquakes in or near Arizona, USA?

Arizona has relatively few earthquakes. Based on data from the past 55 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 154 quakes on average per year in or near Arizona, USA. However, Arizona has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.

How many earthquakes occur every year in or near Arizona, USA?

On average, Arizona has about 55 quakes of magnitude 3 or higher per year (Mag 4+: 4.6 quakes per year).

Volcanoes of Arizona (6)

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Latest earthquakes: Arizona

In the past 7 days, Arizona has had 5 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or above and 2 quakes between 2.0 and 3.0.

A Magnitude 2.2 earthquake occurred in Mohave County, Arizona .

Magnitude 2.2 Earthquake Mohave County, Arizona -

Date and Time	Mag / Depth	Nearest Volcano / Location
Jun 17, 10:35 am (GMT -7)	2.2 0 km	100 km (62 mi) SW of Uinkaret	Mohave County, Arizona, 53 mi east of Sunrise Manor, Clark County, Nevada, United States	Info
Sunday, June 15, 2025 GMT (2 quakes)
Jun 15, 12:01 pm (Universal Time)	3.0 6 km	70 km (43 mi) SE of Bald Knoll	18 mi west of Page, Coconino County, Arizona, United States I FELT IT	Info
Jun 14, 11:58 pm (Tijuana)	3.6 7.3 km	125 km (78 mi) SE of Salton Buttes	13 km south of Guadalupe Victoria, Estado de Baja California, Mexico I FELT IT	Info
Saturday, June 14, 2025 GMT (1 quake)
Jun 14, 01:47 am (Tijuana)	3.6 9.7 km	67 km (42 mi) SE of Salton Buttes	17 km east of Mexicali, Estado de Baja California, Mexico I FELT IT	Info
Thursday, June 12, 2025 GMT (2 quakes)
Jun 12, 10:51 am (GMT -7)	3.4 13 km	96 km (60 mi) SE of Salton Buttes	35 km southeast of Mexicali, Estado de Baja California, Mexico I FELT IT	Info
Jun 12, 10:49 am (GMT -7)	3.4 8.6 km	89 km (55 mi) SE of Salton Buttes	31 km southeast of Mexicali, Estado de Baja California, Mexico I FELT IT	Info

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Geronimo

(Volcanic field 1300 m / 4265 ft)

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San Francisco Volcanic Field

(polygenetic volcanic field, cinder cones, stratovolcano 2770 m / 9,088 ft)

The San Francisco volcanic field is a vast area covering more than 10,000 km22 containing cinder cones, lava fields, lava domes and the majestic (extinct) San Francisco Peaks, the highest of all mountains in Arizona, rising 5,000 feet above the surrounding plateau. The area prese... [more info]

Sentinel Plain

(Volcanic field 160 m / 525 ft)

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Springerville Volcanic Field

(Volcanic field 3091 m / 10141 ft)

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Sunset Crater

(cinder cone 2447 m / 8,028 ft)

Snow-mantled Sunset Crater (left-center), seen from O'Leary Peak to the NW, is the youngest volcanic feature of the San Francisco Mountain volcanic field, which covers a vast area of northern Arizona between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. The Sunset Crater eruption began about 1100 AD from a chain of cinder cones and vents trending NW-SE, the largest of which is Sunset Crater. Three lava flows were erupted, the longest of which traveled 11 km to the NE. Photo by Ed Wolfe, 1973 (U.S. Geological Survey)

Sunset Crater in northern Arizona is one of the youngest volcanoes in the USA. It is named for its brilliantly colored scoria deposits on the cone and only one of more than 550 vents of the vast San Francisco volcanic field.
The last eruption took place sometime between abo... [more info]

Uinkaret

(volcanic field 1555 m / 5,102 ft)

The Uinkaret volcanic field is located at the north rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It contains cinder cones that have produced lava flows that repeatedly cascaded into the Grand Canyon, forming temporary lava dams up to 200 m high. In one of these lava flows, known as the Li... [more info]

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