The August 8, 1955 earthquake
M5.2near Hawthorne, Nevada
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake, centred in Mineral County. The 66th 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
- 5.2
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, August 8, 1955
- 03:35 PDT; 10:35 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 66th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2054 (“21 km S of Hawthorne, 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 · 14.1 mi
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 32.9 mi
- Douglas CountyNV · 38.5 mi
- Mono CountyCA · 40.4 mi
- Tuolumne CountyCA · 40.4 mi
- Madera CountyCA · 48.0 mi
- Nye CountyNV · 48.1 mi
- Alpine CountyCA · 48.6 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
2,064 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.