The June 25, 1933 earthquake
M6.1near Stagecoach, Nevada
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake 9.3 miles deep, centred in Lyon County. The 12th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 6.4 on April 24, 1914.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 9.3 mi
- 15.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Sunday, June 25, 1933
- 12:45 PST; 20:45 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 12th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem905662 (“22 km SSE of Stagecoach, 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
- Lyon CountyNV · inside
- Douglas CountyNV · 6.4 mi
- Carson CityNV · 13.0 mi
- Storey CountyNV · 14.0 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 18.2 mi
- Washoe CountyNV · 20.4 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 22.6 mi
- Mono CountyCA · 35.1 mi
- Alpine CountyCA · 35.4 mi
- El Dorado CountyCA · 35.6 mi
- Placer CountyCA · 37.4 mi
- Nevada CountyCA · 38.0 mi
- Sierra CountyCA · 41.0 mi
Cities, largest first
- RenoNV · 38.2 mi
- SparksNV · 34.6 mi
- Carson CityNV · 23.0 mi
- FernleyNV · 27.7 mi
- South Lake TahoeCA · 39.4 mi
- TruckeeCA · 48.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
755 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
- April 24, 1914M6.4
- February 18, 1914M6.0
- April 5, 1915M5.0
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.