M 5.9 earthquake – Near Winnemucca, Nevada
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Local time: Feb 2, 1916 · 21:03 (UTC-8)
Moderate
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 5.9mfa
- Depth
- —
- Epicenter
- 41.000, -117.800172 km from Elko
- Energy released
- 11 kilotons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 536USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Oct 3, 1915.
How strong was it?
Moderate earthquake. It released 11 kilotons of TNT, 22 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around United States.
- 7.1 The 1954 Fairview Peak, Nevada Earthquake Dec 16, 1954
- 6.9 The 1954 Dixie Valley, Nevada Earthquake Dec 16, 1954
- 6.8 The 1932 Cedar Mountain, Nevada Earthquake Dec 21, 1932
- 6.8 The 1915 Pleasant Valley, Nevada Earthquake Oct 3, 1915
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada Aug 24, 1954
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada Apr 24, 1914
- 6.2 The 1954 Rainbow Mountain, Nevada Earthquake Jul 6, 1954
- 6.1 4 km S of Carter Springs, Nevada Sep 12, 1994