The June 4, 1933 earthquake
M5.2near Mina, Nevada
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake 9.9 miles deep, centred in Mineral County. The 66th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on February 13, 1933.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.2
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 9.9 mi
- 16.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, June 4, 1933
- 06:08 PST; 14:08 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 66th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis987 (“12 km NNW of Mina, 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
- Mineral CountyNV · inside
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 25.4 mi
- Nye CountyNV · 29.0 mi
- Lyon CountyNV · 40.8 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 42.7 mi
- Lander CountyNV · 45.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,388 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
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.