The July 26, 1956 earthquake
M5.1near Fallon Station, Nevada
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centred in Churchill County. The 78th 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
- 5.1
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Thursday, July 26, 1956
- 02:53 PDT; 09:53 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 78th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2098 (“27 km ENE of Fallon Station, 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
- Churchill CountyNV · inside
- Lyon CountyNV · 32.4 mi
- Lander CountyNV · 39.1 mi
- Washoe CountyNV · 39.4 mi
- Nye CountyNV · 40.4 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 40.4 mi
- Storey CountyNV · 44.5 mi
Cities, largest first
- FernleyNV · 39.4 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
142 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 16, 1954M6.9
- August 23, 1954M6.5
- April 24, 1914M6.4
- July 6, 1954M6.2
- July 6, 1954M5.9
- August 31, 1954M5.8
- December 16, 1954M5.8
- July 6, 1954M5.7
- December 3, 1942M5.5
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.