The statistic shows the earthquakes that resulted in the most economic damage in the United States from 1900 to 2016. The earthquake that occurred on January 17, 1994 in Los Angeles caused approximately 30 billion U.S. dollars worth of damage and is the costliest earthquake on record.
Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (November 17, 2016). Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 17, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). (2016). Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). "Costliest Earthquakes in The United States from 1900 to 2016, by Economic Damage (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Nov 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Costliest earthquakes in the United States from 1900 to 2016, by economic damage (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), November 17, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/237556/costliest-earthquakes-in-the-us/
