The June 23, 1959 earthquake
M5.4near Yerington, Nevada
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake 9.3 miles deep, centred in Lyon County. The 56th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on June 23, 1959.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.4
- moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 9.3 mi
- 15.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Tuesday, June 23, 1959
- 08:04 PDT; 15:04 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 56th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event iscgem882316 (“13 km NNE of Yerington, 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
- Lyon CountyNV · inside
- Douglas CountyNV · 10.4 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 10.9 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 13.8 mi
- Carson CityNV · 23.0 mi
- Storey CountyNV · 25.1 mi
- Washoe CountyNV · 32.3 mi
- Mono CountyCA · 36.9 mi
- Alpine CountyCA · 37.0 mi
- El Dorado CountyCA · 43.3 mi
- Placer CountyCA · 47.5 mi
- Nevada CountyCA · 49.7 mi
Cities, largest first
- RenoNV · 49.7 mi
- SparksNV · 45.5 mi
- Carson CityNV · 33.8 mi
- FernleyNV · 32.0 mi
- South Lake TahoeCA · 47.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
723 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
- August 23, 1954M6.5
- April 24, 1914M6.4
- July 6, 1954M6.2
- June 25, 1933M6.1
- February 18, 1914M6.0
- July 6, 1954M5.9
- July 6, 1954M5.7
- June 23, 1959M5.5
- July 6, 1954M5.5
- 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.