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List of all shark attacks in usa

Fatal Attacks

187

Unprovoked Attacks

1788

Total Attacks

2310

There have been a total of 2310 shark attacks in USA. Out of those, 187 have unfortunately been fatal which brings the percentage of fatal attacks to 8.10%. 1788 attacks came out of the blue while 522 have been provoked by humans.

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Unprovoked

Fatal

Non Fatal

LocationDateTimeSpeciesActivityInjuryFatalPerson
Satellite Beach, Brevard County 23-09-2019 16h302' sharkSurfingLacerations to left footNO 13yo Logan Radd
Huguenot Park, Jacksonville, Duval County 23-09-2019 17h00SwimmingLaceration to armNO male
Haleiwa, Oahu 17-09-2019 10h40SnorkelingMinor injuriesNO 22, 57, 31yo Lauren Russell, Regan Russell & unidentied male
Isle of Palms,Charleston County 14-09-2019 Foot bittenNO 22yo Erica Hedrick
Grand Cayman 30-08-2019 Nurse sharkSpearfishingBite to posterior left kneeNO 70yo Paul Egleston
Jacksonville Beach, Duval County 30-08-2019 AfternoonThigh injuredNO 60syo male
New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County 26-08-2019 11h556.5' sharkSurfingHand and calf bitten when he jumped off surfboard and landed on the shark PROVOKED INCIDENTNO 40yo Donald Walsh
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County 20-08-2019 09h00WadingFoot bittenNO 11yo Christian Mariani
Napoopoo Park in Kealakekua Bay, The Big Island 19-08-2019 08h00SwimmingInjury to lower back and right hipNO 26yo female
New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County 15-08-2019 11h00WadingPuncture marks to lower legNO 9yo Maggie Crum
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