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The February 19, 1937 earthquake

M5.0near Mina, Nevada

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Mineral County. The 96th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on February 9, 1934.

The earthquake

Magnitude
5.0
local magnitude (ml)
Depth
—
Not recorded
Local time
Friday, February 19, 1937
01:09 PST; 09:09 UTC
Epicentre
38.30°N, 118.30°W
In Mineral County
In Nevada’s record
96th
strongest of 8,110 since 1900
Within 50 miles
4
counties; more on this date

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1161 (“19 km WSW 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

Earthquakes around the epicentre

1,563 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.

Earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of the epicentre, by year 1973: 1 1974: 8 1975: 2 1976: 9 1977: 2 1978: 24 1979: 20 1980: 140 1981: 25 1982: 33 1983: 13 1984: 8 1985: 2 1986: 91 1987: 10 1988: 16 1989: 5 1990: 19 1991: 18 1992: 14 1993: 8 1994: 2 1995: 9 1996: 5 1997: 57 1998: 14 1999: 8 2000: 29 2001: 14 2002: 4 2003: 12 2004: 62 2005: 15 2006: 12 2007: 10 2008: 8 2009: 6 2010: 7 2011: 66 2012: 5 2013: 18 2014: 9 2015: 10 2016: 37 2017: 18 2018: 2 2019: 3 2020: 526 526 2021: 59 2022: 29 2023: 16 2024: 16 2025: 7 19731978198319881993199820032008201320182023

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.