The October 23, 1964 earthquake
M5.0near Hawthorne, Nevada
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 16.2 miles deep, centred in Mineral County. The 96th 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
- 5.0
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 16.2 mi
- 26.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Friday, October 23, 1964
- 06:57 PDT; 13:57 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 96th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis2729 (“19 km E of Hawthorne, 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
- Mineral CountyNV · inside
- Lyon CountyNV · 28.0 mi
- Nye CountyNV · 31.0 mi
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 38.4 mi
- Churchill CountyNV · 44.1 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
1,430 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
- December 20, 1932M6.8
- January 30, 1934M6.3
- November 21, 1910M6.1
- January 30, 1934M5.6
- August 8, 1943M5.6
- June 23, 1959M5.5
- November 18, 1910M5.5
- November 21, 1910M5.5
- December 24, 1932M5.5
- February 9, 1934M5.5
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.