The March 2, 2005 earthquake
M5.1near Winslow West, Arizona
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake 3.1 miles deep, centred in Coconino County. The 29th strongest in Arizona’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
- 3.1 mi
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, March 2, 2005
- 04:12 MST; 11:12 UTC
- In Arizona’s record
- 29th
- strongest of 6,972 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event usp000dhc3 (“40 km SSW of Winslow West, Arizona”). 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
- Coconino CountyAZ · inside
- Gila CountyAZ · 23.1 mi
- Yavapai CountyAZ · 33.6 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
22 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.