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earthquake Earthquake Risk in Illinois

Overall State Risk Score: 5/10

Illinois faces high earthquake risk. 1 of 102 counties (1%) rated high or very high by FEMA National Risk Index.

Seasonal pattern: Year-round

Highest-Risk Cities in Illinois

1
Chicago, IL
Very High
FEMA: 7Historical: 0

Other Hazards in Illinois

wildfire
Wildfire Risk
Score: 1/10
hurricane
Hurricane Risk
Score: 1/10
flood
Flood Risk
Score: 3/10
tornado
Tornado Risk
Score: 7/10
winter-storm
Winter Storm Risk
Score: 7/10
landslide
Landslide Risk
Score: 3/10
extreme-heat
Extreme Heat Risk
Score: 5/10
drought
Drought Risk
Score: 7/10
high-wind
High Wind Risk
Score: 7/10
tsunami
Tsunami Risk
Score: 0/10

How this data is built

Illinois earthquake risk combines Historical Event Intelligence with authoritative hazard modeling from the Geospatial Intelligence Layers catalog. Live event monitoring is available through the Event Intelligence API and the DisasterAWARE Platform.

The data behind this page

Every score and event here comes from DisasterAWARE's hazard database — available as downloadable historical datasets and a real-time API.

Historical earthquake event data for Illinois — free dataset samples →Real-time earthquake alerts by API →

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