Earthquake Risk in Florida

Florida has the lowest seismic risk of any US state. The peninsula sits on a stable carbonate platform far from active plate boundaries. Earthquakes are extremely rare, though residents occasionally feel shaking from distant events in the Gulf of Mexico or southeastern US.

The largest earthquake recorded in Florida was a magnitude 5.9 Gulf of America on September 10, 2006. Florida has 3 notable earthquakes on record since 2004, with the most recent being a M2.7 on March 24, 2019.