The August 3, 1916 earthquake
M5.0Northcentral Nevada
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Elko County. The 96th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.8 on August 3, 1916.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, August 3, 1916
- 20:12 PST; 04:12 UTC on Aug 4, 1916
- In Nevada’s record
- 96th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis595 (“Northcentral 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
- Elko CountyNV · inside
- Lander CountyNV · 34.5 mi
- Humboldt CountyNV · 34.5 mi
- Owyhee CountyID · 34.6 mi
- Malheur CountyOR · 34.6 mi
- Eureka CountyNV · 40.6 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
110 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- August 3, 1916M5.8
- August 3, 1916M5.6
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.