| Top 10 Costliest U.S. Earthquakes By Inflation-Adjusted Insured Losses (1) |
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Insured losses (2) |
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| Rank |
Date |
Location |
Overall losses
when occurred |
Dollars
when
occurred |
In 2017
dollars (3) |
Fatalities |
| 1 |
Jan. 17, 1994 |
California: Northridge, Los Angeles,
San Fernando Valley, Ventura, Orange |
$44,000 |
$15,300 |
$25,635 |
61 |
| 2 |
Apr. 18, 1906 |
California: San Francisco, Santa Rosa, San Jose |
525 |
180 |
4,499 (4) |
3,000 |
| 3 |
Oct. 17, 1989 |
California: Loma Prieta, Santa Cruz, San Francisco,
Oakland, Berkeley, Silicon Valley |
10,000 |
960 |
1,872 |
68 |
| 4 |
Feb. 28, 2001 |
Washington: Olympia, Seattle, Tacoma; Oregon |
2,000 |
300 |
418 |
1 |
| 5 |
Mar. 27-28, 1964 |
Alaska: Anchorage, Kodiak Island, Seward, Valdez,
Portage, Whittier, Cordova, Homer, Seldovia |
540 |
45 |
357 |
131 |
| 6 |
Feb. 9, 1971 |
California: San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles |
550 |
35 |
215 |
65 |
| 7 |
Oct. 1, 1987 |
California: Los Angeles, Whittier |
360 |
75 |
159 |
8 |
| 8 |
Aug. 24, 2014 |
California: Napa, Vallejo, Solano, Sonoma,
American Canyon |
700 |
150 |
154 |
1 |
| 9 |
Apr. 4, 2010 |
California: San Diego, Calexico, El Centro, Los Angeles,
Imperial; Arizona: Phoenix, Yuma |
150 |
100 |
112 |
0 |
| 10 |
Sep. 3, 2000 |
California: Napa |
80 |
50 |
71 |
0 |
(1) Costliest U.S. earthquakes occurring from 1950 to 2017, based on insured losses when occurred. Includes the 1906 San Francisco, California, earthquake, for which reliable insured losses are available.
(2) Based on property losses including, if applicable, agricultural, offshore, marine, aviation and National Flood Insurance Program losses in the United States and may differ from data shown elsewhere.
(3) Inflation-adjusted to 2017 dollars by the Insurance Information Institute using the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Inflation Calculator.
(4) Inflation-adjusted to 2017 dollars based on 1913 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data (earliest year available).
Source: © 2018 Munich Re, NatCatSERVICE; Insurance Information Institute. |
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