The February 1, 1961 earthquake
M5.1near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake 3.7 miles deep, centred in Mono County. The 382nd strongest in California’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.3 on February 1, 1961.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- magnitude (unspecified scale) (mh)
- Depth
- 3.7 mi
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, February 1, 1961
- 16:07 PST; 00:07 UTC on Feb 2, 1961
- In California’s record
- 382nd
- strongest of 97,065 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ci10086626 (“13km NNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA”). 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
- Mono CountyCA · inside
- Fresno CountyCA · 14.7 mi
- Inyo CountyCA · 14.8 mi
- Mineral CountyNV · 28.6 mi
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 28.7 mi
- Madera CountyCA · 29.6 mi
- Tuolumne CountyCA · 44.1 mi
- Mariposa CountyCA · 48.9 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
3,803 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.