The March 28, 1964 earthquake
M5.1near Merriman, Nebraska
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake 18.6 miles deep, centred in Cherry County. The strongest in Nebraska’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 18.6 mi
- 30.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Saturday, March 28, 1964
- 03:08 MST; 10:08 UTC
- In Nebraska’s record
- 1st
- strongest of 97 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2657 (“11 km NW of Merriman, Nebraska”). 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
- Cherry CountyNE · inside
- Sheridan CountyNE · 14.4 mi
- Bennett CountySD · 14.4 mi
- Oglala Lakota CountySD · 14.4 mi
- Todd CountySD · 28.8 mi
- Jackson CountySD · 31.4 mi
- Mellette CountySD · 39.5 mi
- Pennington CountySD · 49.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
8 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.