50 Best Rock Songs About Earthquakes

Best Rock Earthquake Songs That Shake the Ground

There’s a very particular sound that fits when the ground feels unsteady. Not the neat kind of chaos where everything eventually lines up, but the messy rumble where the floor shifts and you have to ride it out. Some tracks lean into that shaking energy with pounding drums and jagged riffs that hit like aftershocks. Others circle the idea sideways, not literally tied to tectonic plates but still carrying the mood of instability. These are the songs that crash in at full volume when things tilt and you want the soundtrack to keep pace.

It can feel overwhelming, almost cartoonish, when guitars grind like they are splitting concrete or when a bassline vibrates like the warning hum before something big drops. Some tracks were written in the middle of other stories entirely, yet they echo the same fractured energy you feel when everything beneath you feels like it might give. That overlap is what makes them work. Pop, rock, country, and R&B songs have long played with the imagery of shaking, crumbling, and collapse, but rock has a knack for pushing it louder, dirtier, and more chaotic.

These tracks are rarely smooth rides. They feel sweaty, unhinged, maybe a little theatrical, but they capture the rumble in a way that feels right for the moment. Some of them throw you into the quake itself while others hover at the edges, catching the nervous tremor that lingers after. Not every song here is literally tied to earthquakes, but they all lock into the theme with enough force to make the speakers rattle. Here are the best rock songs about earthquakes.

1. 'Earthquake' by Queens & Kings

2. 'Earthquake' by Family Force 5

3. 'I Feel the Earth Move' by Carole King

4. 'Going to California' by Led Zeppelin

5. 'The Big One' by Parliament

6. 'The Ultimate Disaster' by The Residents

7. 'Shake It Up' by The Cars

8. 'Shaking All Over' by The Who

9. 'I'm Shakin'' by The Blasters

10. 'All Shook Up' by Elvis Presley

11. 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On' by Jerry Lee Lewis

12. 'The Quake' by The Hives

13. 'Earthquake' by The J. Geils Band

14. 'Earthquake' by Siouxsie and the Banshees

15. 'Rock and Roll' by Led Zeppelin

16. 'The Shake' by The Dandy Warhols

17. 'Earthquake' by Bill Haley & His Comets

18. 'Wreckage' by The J. Geils Band

19. 'Let's Get It Up' by AC/DC

20. 'Earthquake' by Graham Nash

21. 'Shake, Rattle and Roll' by Chuck Berry

22. 'Shake It' by Metro Station

23. 'Shake a Tail Feather' by The Five Du-Tones

24. 'Shake It Up' by The Ramones

25. 'Shake It Out' by Florence + The Machine

26. 'I'm a Man' by Bo Diddley

27. 'Shake Your Hips' by The Rolling Stones

28. 'Shaking That Ass' by D.R.A.M.

29. 'I Wanna Be Adored' by The Stone Roses

30. 'Shakedown' by Bob Seger

31. 'The House is Rockin'' by Stevie Ray Vaughan

32. 'Rocking All Over the World' by Status Quo

33. 'Rock and Roll All Nite' by Kiss

34. 'Shake Shake' by The Tubes

35. 'Rockin' in the Free World' by Neil Young

36. 'The Great Escape' by The Rolling Stones

37. 'Shakedown Street' by Grateful Dead

38. 'Rock Steady' by Bad Company

39. 'Rock Me' by The Cramps

40. 'Shake It Up' by The Cult

41. 'Shake Baby Shake' by The Crickets

42. 'The Earth's a-Comin'' by Queens of the Stone Age

43. 'Shake It Baby' by The Velvet Underground

44. 'The Earth Shakes and Trembles' by My Chemical Romance

45. 'Groundhog Day' by Flobots

46. 'Rockin'' by The Who

47. 'The Sound of a Thousand Shakes' by The White Stripes

48. 'Quake' by U2

49. 'The Ground is Shaking' by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

50. 'I'm Shakin'' by The Cramps