The September 4, 1928 earthquake
M5.2near Jackpot, Nevada, Idaho
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centred in Owyhee County. The 16th strongest in Idaho’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, September 4, 1928
- 22:36 MST; 05:36 UTC on Sep 5, 1928
- In Idaho’s record
- 16th
- strongest of 3,958 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis790 (“45 km WNW of Jackpot, 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
- Owyhee CountyID · inside
- Twin Falls CountyID · 11.0 mi
- Gooding CountyID · 43.7 mi
- Elmore CountyID · 46.9 mi
- Cassia CountyID · 47.7 mi
- Jerome CountyID · 48.2 mi
Cities, largest first
- Twin FallsID · 49.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
6 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.