The June 19, 1955 earthquake
M5.0near Schurz, 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 5.2 on June 19, 1955.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Sunday, June 19, 1955
- 12:25 PDT; 19:25 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 96th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2041 (“27 km ENE of Schurz, 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
- Lyon CountyNV · 14.6 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 14.6 mi
- Nye CountyNV · 16.3 mi
- Lander CountyNV · 38.3 mi
- Douglas CountyNV · 43.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
400 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
- December 16, 1954M7.1
- December 20, 1932M6.8
- August 23, 1954M6.5
- July 6, 1954M6.2
- June 25, 1933M6.1
- July 6, 1954M5.9
- December 16, 1954M5.8
- July 6, 1954M5.7
- January 30, 1934M5.6
- January 11, 1939M5.5
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.