The February 28, 1975 earthquake
M5.7near Rachel, Nevada
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake 0.0 miles deep, centred in Nye County. The 25th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.7
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 0.0 mi
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Friday, February 28, 1975
- 08:15 PDT; 15:15 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 25th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event usp0000a2j (“65 km SSW of Rachel, 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
- Nye CountyNV · inside
- Lincoln CountyNV · 20.2 mi
- Clark CountyNV · 20.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
207 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.