The July 2, 1936 earthquake
M5.0near Kingston, Nevada
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Lander County. The 96th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on October 27, 1933.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- as reported (fa)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, July 2, 1936
- 08:29 PST; 16:29 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 96th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1147 (“37 km W of Kingston, 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
- Lander CountyNV · inside
- Nye CountyNV · 9.4 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 11.8 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 21.4 mi
- Eureka CountyNV · 48.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
94 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.