The January 15, 1946 earthquake
M5.1near Battle Mountain, Nevada
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centred in Lander County. The 78th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.1 on September 18, 1945.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- as reported (uk)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, January 15, 1946
- 14:31 PST; 22:31 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 78th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis1516 (“31 km WSW of Battle Mountain, 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
- Humboldt CountyNV · 3.2 mi
- Pershing CountyNV · 3.2 mi
- Elko CountyNV · 36.6 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 37.8 mi
- Eureka CountyNV · 49.0 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
58 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
- October 2, 1915M6.8
- October 2, 1915M6.0
- February 2, 1916M5.9
- September 18, 1945M5.1
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.