Earthquakes in the United States — July 2025

8473 earthquakes were recorded in the United States during July 2025, an average of 273.3 per day.

74 reached magnitude 4 or above and 23 reached magnitude 5 or above. The average focal depth was 12 km.

The month's largest event in the United States was a magnitude 7.3 earthquake near Sand Point, United States on 16 July 2025 at 20:37 UTC. A magnitude 7.3 earthquake radiates roughly 1.3 million tons of TNT equivalent in seismic energy.

That is close to the the United States monthly average of 7168 events over the period we cover, and up from the 7803 recorded the previous month.

96% of events here are shallow (under 70 km), 4% intermediate (70–300 km) and 0% deep-focus (over 300 km). Almost everything here is crustal. That is characteristic of transform faulting or continental deformation rather than subduction — and it means shaking at the surface is strong for the magnitudes involved.

By band, the catalogue holds 5 in the magnitude -2 range, 503 in the magnitude -1 range, 3046 in the magnitude 0 range, 3860 in the magnitude 1 range, 811 in the magnitude 2 range, 173 in the magnitude 3 range.

Activity peaked on 11 July, when 433 events were recorded.

22 event(s) this month carry a USGS link to NOAA tsunami information; the flag does not indicate whether a tsunami occurred.

The month's largest events were M7.3 near Sand Point, United States on 16 July at 20 km; M7.2 near Sand Point, United States on 16 July at 36 km; M6.2 near Sand Point, United States on 20 July at 47 km.

That is 18% above the 7168 events the United States averages per month across the 21 months on record.

This month also holds the strongest earthquake recorded in the United States in our entire catalogue.