M 6.0 earthquake – Pleasant Valley, Nevada (Foreshock)
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Local time: Oct 2, 1915 · 17:49 (UTC-8)
Strong
Reviewed by a seismologist
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- Magnitude
- 6.0moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- —
- Epicenter
- 40.500, -117.500151 km from Elko
- Energy released
- 15 kilotons of TNTabout 1 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
- Significance
- 554USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Apr 24, 1914.
How strong was it?
Strong earthquake. It released 15 kilotons of TNT, 32 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
Aftershocks
1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.
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 Monte Cristo Range, NV Earthquake May 15, 2020
- 6.5 17 km ESE of Fallon Station, Nevada Aug 24, 1954
- 6.4 Near Fernley, Nevada Apr 24, 1914
- 6.3 The 1934 Excelsior Mountains, Nevada Earthquake Jan 30, 1934