The November 7, 1910 earthquake
M5.5Near Goldfield, Nevada
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake, centred in Nye County. The 37th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- as reported (mint)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, November 7, 1910
- 09:20 PST; 17:20 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 37th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis513 (“Near Goldfield, Nevada”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Nye CountyNV · inside
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 35.8 mi
- Inyo CountyCA · 45.1 mi
- Mono CountyCA · 45.7 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
337 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.