M 6.3 earthquake – Near Pine Valley, Utah

Nov 17, 1902 · 19:50 UTC · Nov 17, 1902
Local time: Nov 17, 1902 · 12:50 (UTC-7)

Strong Reviewed by a seismologist

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Magnitude: 6.3moment magnitude (Mw)
Depth: —
Epicenter: 37.400, -113.50030 km from Washington
Energy released: 43 kilotons of TNTabout 2.8 × Hiroshima
Felt reports: —"Did You Feel It?" responses
Shaking intensity: —not estimated
Aftershocks: 1M2.5+ within 30 km, up to 60 days
Significance: 618USGS score, 0–1,000+

Not rare around here

An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Nov 14, 1901.

How strong was it?

Strong earthquake. It released 43 kilotons of TNT, 89 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.

Chile 1960 M 9.5

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San Francisco 1906 M 7.9

Turkey 2023 M 7.8

Haiti 2010 M 7.0

Northridge 1994 M 6.7

This earthquake M 6.3

Aftershocks

1 earthquakes of M2.5+ within 30 km in the 60 days after.

4.8 Near Pine Valley, Utah 0.0 km away · Dec 5, 1902Dec 5, 1902

The strongest earthquakes within 300 km

Since 1900, around United States.