United States of America

USA · 2024 energy mix · renewables 10.1% · fossil fuels 80.3%

Threat reading 51 of 100, classified HIGH THREAT, HOLDING. 292 events recorded here in the last seven days, 317 in the last thirty.

That number is computed from live feeds and moves. The live monitor is where to read it as of right now.

Where its energy comes from

Oil	37.8%
Gas	34.2%
Coal	8.3%
Nuclear	7.6%
Wind	4.2%
Solar	2.8%
Hydro	2.2%
Other renewables	0.8%

In 2024, renewables accounted for 10.1% and fossil fuels for 80.3%. On electricity traded with its neighbours, United States of America is close to balanced on electricity trade.

Sources under one per cent of the mix are left out of the table rather than listed as a row of zeroes. Percentages are shares of a country's primary energy, not of the power it generates.

Recorded history

NOAA's hazard records hold 216 significant earthquakes, 79 tsunamis and 41 significant eruptions in or just off United States of America since 60.

The deadliest was the November 1790 VEI 4 eruption (Kilauea, Hawaiian Is), which killed 5,405 people.

The strongest earthquake on record here was magnitude 9.2, on 28 March 1964 (Alaska).

The most recent entry is the 10 August 2025 tsunami (waves to 481 m) (Tracy Arm, Ak).

Across the entries that record a death toll, 7,194 people died.

Date	What	Where	Toll
November 1790	VEI 4 eruption	Kilauea, Hawaiian Is	5,405 dead
18 April 1906	magnitude 7.9 earthquake	California: San Francisco	700 dead, 28,188 homes destroyed, $400 million damage
28 March 1964	tsunami (waves to 51.8 m)	Prince William Sound, Ak	139 dead, $400 million damage
28 March 1964	magnitude 9.2 earthquake	Alaska	139 dead, $400 million damage
11 March 1933	magnitude 6.3 earthquake	California: Long Beach	120 dead, $41 million damage
3 April 1868	magnitude 7.9 earthquake	Hawaii: Se of	77 dead, 46 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million
3 April 1868	tsunami (waves to 13.7 m)	Hawaii	77 dead, 108 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million
3 April 1868	VEI 2 eruption	Mauna Loa, Hawaiian Is	77 dead, 37 homes destroyed, damage $1 to 5 million
9 February 1971	magnitude 6.5 earthquake	California: San Fernando	65 dead, $505 million damage
18 October 1989	magnitude 6.9 earthquake	California: Loma Prieta	62 dead, $5,600 million damage
18 October 1989	tsunami (waves to 1 m)	N. California	62 dead, $5,600 million damage
18 May 1980	tsunami (waves to 250 m)	Washington	61 dead
18 May 1980	VEI 5 eruption	St. Helens, US-Washington	61 dead, $2,000 million damage
18 May 1980	magnitude 5.2 earthquake	Washington: Mt St Helens	61 dead, $2,000 million damage
1 September 1886	magnitude 7.3 earthquake	South Carolina: Charleston	60 dead, $6 million damage
17 January 1994	magnitude 6.7 earthquake	California: Northridge	57 dead, 40,000 homes destroyed, $40,000 million damage
17 January 1994	tsunami (waves to 0.1 m)	West Coast, Usa	57 dead, 40,000 homes destroyed, $40,000 million damage
8 December 1812	magnitude 6.9 earthquake	California: San Juan Capistrano	40 dead, damage $1 to 5 million
21 October 1868	magnitude 6.8 earthquake	California: Hayward, San Francisco	30 dead, damage under $1 million
21 October 1868	tsunami (waves to 4.5 m)	N. California	30 dead, damage under $1 million
18 August 1959	magnitude 7.2 earthquake	Montana: Hebgen Lake	28 dead, $11 million damage
26 March 1872	magnitude 7.8 earthquake	California: Owens Valley	27 dead, 52 homes destroyed, damage under $1 million
18 April 2013	magnitude 2.1 earthquake	Texas: West	14 dead, 50 homes destroyed, $100 million damage
29 June 1925	magnitude 6.8 earthquake	California: Santa Barbara	13 dead, $8 million damage
21 July 1952	magnitude 7.7 earthquake	California: Kern County	12 dead, $60 million damage

These are the 25 deadliest and largest of 336 entries. A dash means NOAA recorded no number, not that nobody died. Older entries are fewer because fewer were written down, not because less happened.

Recorded history: NOAA NCEI hazard databases, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-22.

In the last 30 days

The most recent events our feeds placed in United States of America:

7 November 2026: M 1.5 - 57 km WNW of Skwentna, Alaska
7 November 2026: M 1.9 - 91 km WNW of Yakutat, Alaska
7 November 2026: M 1.5 - 1 km W of Chatsworth, CA
7 November 2026: M 0.7 - 6 km WNW of Cobb, CA
7 November 2026: M 0.2 - 23 km ENE of San Lucas, CA
7 November 2026: M 1.0 - 11 km WNW of The Geysers, CA
7 November 2026: M 0.8 - 7 km WNW of Cobb, CA
7 November 2026: Small Craft Advisory issued November 7 at 2:31PM AKST until November 7 at 3:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK
7 November 2026: Lake Wind Advisory issued November 7 at 12:28AM PST until November 7 at 4:00PM PST by NWS Las Vegas NV
7 November 2026: Small Craft Advisory issued November 6 at 3:05PM AKST until November 7 at 5:00PM AKST by NWS Juneau AK

What the threat reading is made of

Conflict	0
Unrest	0
Security	35
Spillover from neighbours	10
Natural hazard	80
Resilience	82

Each is 0 to 100. Resilience runs the other way to the rest: a high number is a country better able to absorb a shock, not a country in more trouble.

Large caldera systems here

Crater Lake Caldera
Long Valley Caldera Caldera
Valles Caldera Caldera
Yellowstone Caldera

Other countries tracked

Uzbekistan Gas 79%
Venezuela Gas 46%
Vietnam Coal 48%
South Africa Coal 72%
United Arab Emirates Gas 47%
Argentina Gas 47%
Australia Oil 37%
Austria Oil 33%

All countries with a page.

Where the data comes from

Energy mix, 2024: Our World in Data, energy dataset (https://github.com/owid/energy-data), compiled by Pablo Rosado, Hannah Ritchie, Edouard Mathieu and Max Roser from the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. Licence: Our World in Data's own compilation is CC BY 4.0. The underlying figures stay under their original terms: Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, U.S. EIA, Ember and The Shift Dataportal. The percentages shown here and the wording are ours. Threat reading: computed by Rift Web from the feeds listed on the sources page.