Earthquake Risk in Arkansas

All Arkansas counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index earthquake score

Earthquake risk — ground shaking from sudden movement along geologic faults — is rated for 75 of 75 Arkansas counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Pulaski County carries the state's highest earthquake score at 98.2, with $50M in expected annual earthquake losses.

1 Arkansas county is rated High or Very High for earthquake, and expected annual losses from earthquake total roughly $331M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Earthquake

#CountyEarthquake ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Pulaski County
98.2
High 0.00 / yr $50M
2 Mississippi County
98.0
Medium 0.01 / yr $32M
3 Craighead County
97.8
Medium 0.01 / yr $36M
4 Crittenden County
96.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $18M
5 White County
96.0
Medium 0.01 / yr $16M
6 Greene County
95.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $14M
7 Jefferson County
95.6
Medium 0.00 / yr $11M
8 Poinsett County
95.2
Medium 0.01 / yr $12M
9 Cross County
94.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $11M
10 Faulkner County
94.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $15M
11 Clay County
93.9
Medium 0.01 / yr $8M
12 Lonoke County
92.7
Medium 0.01 / yr $10M
13 Phillips County
92.7
Medium 0.00 / yr $5M
14 Lawrence County
92.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $6M
15 Randolph County
92.4
Medium 0.01 / yr $6M
16 Arkansas County
92.0
Medium 0.00 / yr $5M
17 Jackson County
91.6
Medium 0.01 / yr $4M
18 St. Francis County
90.6
Medium 0.01 / yr $3M
19 Lee County
90.5
Medium 0.01 / yr $3M
20 Independence County
90.0
Low 0.01 / yr $5M
21 Garland County
89.2
Low 0.00 / yr $3M
22 Saline County
89.2
Low 0.00 / yr $5M
23 Monroe County
89.0
Low 0.01 / yr $3M
24 Woodruff County
87.9
Low 0.01 / yr $2M
25 Prairie County
87.0
Low 0.01 / yr $2M
26 Conway County
86.9
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
27 Benton County
86.8
Low 0.00 / yr $4M
28 Cleburne County
86.7
Low 0.01 / yr $2M
29 Sharp County
86.6
Low 0.01 / yr $2M
30 Baxter County
86.0
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
31 Sebastian County
85.1
Low 0.00 / yr $3M
32 Washington County
84.1
Low 0.00 / yr $3M
33 Pope County
84.1
Low 0.00 / yr $3M
34 Desha County
83.8
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
35 Drew County
83.7
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
36 Ashley County
83.3
Low 0.00 / yr $2M
37 Bradley County
81.2
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
38 Izard County
80.2
Low 0.00 / yr $976K
39 Ouachita County
79.9
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
40 Lincoln County
79.5
Low 0.00 / yr $1M
41 Chicot County
77.9
Low 0.00 / yr $878K
42 Union County
77.1
Low 0.00 / yr $930K
43 Van Buren County
76.9
Low 0.00 / yr $777K
44 Hot Spring County
76.5
Low 0.00 / yr $924K
45 Fulton County
76.3
Low 0.00 / yr $710K
46 Hempstead County
75.5
Low 0.00 / yr $811K
47 Stone County
73.2
Low 0.00 / yr $628K
48 Clark County
73.1
Low 0.00 / yr $775K
49 Columbia County
71.4
Low 0.00 / yr $568K
50 Boone County
71.3
Low 0.00 / yr $816K
51 Carroll County
70.2
Low 0.00 / yr $538K
52 Johnson County
69.1
Low 0.00 / yr $535K
53 Miller County
68.6
Low 0.00 / yr $504K
54 Dallas County
67.4
Low 0.00 / yr $462K
55 Crawford County
66.6
Low 0.00 / yr $656K
56 Yell County
66.6
Low 0.00 / yr $483K
57 Grant County
66.1
Low 0.00 / yr $636K
58 Marion County
65.7
Low 0.00 / yr $402K
59 Little River County
64.0
Low 0.00 / yr $381K
60 Howard County
63.3
Low 0.00 / yr $347K
61 Cleveland County
62.9
Low 0.00 / yr $335K
62 Franklin County
62.5
Low 0.00 / yr $318K
63 Sevier County
61.7
Low 0.00 / yr $284K
64 Logan County
61.0
Low 0.00 / yr $385K
65 Nevada County
57.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $227K
66 Searcy County
56.6
Very Low 0.00 / yr $270K
67 Perry County
56.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $310K
68 Polk County
55.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $247K
69 Lafayette County
53.8
Very Low 0.00 / yr $218K
70 Madison County
53.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $267K
71 Calhoun County
53.1
Very Low 0.00 / yr $412K
72 Pike County
52.5
Very Low 0.00 / yr $235K
73 Montgomery County
46.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $128K
74 Scott County
40.3
Very Low 0.00 / yr $139K
75 Newton County
38.2
Very Low 0.00 / yr $81K

75 Arkansas counties with measurable earthquake risk. See the national earthquake ranking or all Arkansas counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Arkansas county has the highest earthquake risk?

Pulaski County has the highest FEMA earthquake risk score in Arkansas at 98.2 (High), with $50M in expected annual losses and about 0.00 events per year.

How many Arkansas counties face significant earthquake risk?

75 Arkansas counties record measurable earthquake risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 1 of them are rated High or Very High.

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