The February 1, 1961 earthquake
M5.3near Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA, Nevada
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake 3.7 miles deep, centred in Esmeralda County. The 57th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.5 on February 11, 1949.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.3
- magnitude (unspecified scale) (mh)
- Depth
- 3.7 mi
- 6.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, February 1, 1961
- 16:04 PST; 00:04 UTC on Feb 2, 1961
- In Nevada’s record
- 57th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ci10086622 (“47km NNE 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
- Esmeralda CountyNV · inside
- Mineral CountyNV · 12.0 mi
- Inyo CountyCA · 29.0 mi
- Mono CountyCA · 29.0 mi
- Fresno CountyCA · 37.7 mi
- Madera CountyCA · 46.6 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
4,452 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.