The July 4, 1961 earthquake
M5.0near Lovelock, Nevada
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake, centred in Pershing County. The 96th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.1 on July 26, 1956.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Tuesday, July 4, 1961
- 04:09 PDT; 11:09 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 96th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2502 (“12 km WSW of Lovelock, 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
- Pershing CountyNV · inside
- Washoe CountyNV · 34.3 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 34.3 mi
- Lyon CountyNV · 36.4 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
44 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
- July 6, 1954M6.2
- August 31, 1954M5.8
- July 6, 1954M5.7
- July 6, 1954M5.5
- December 3, 1942M5.5
- August 2, 1954M5.4
- July 8, 1954M5.3
- August 23, 1954M5.2
- July 6, 1954M5.2
- July 29, 1954M5.1
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.