Nevada earthquakes

M5.8 earthquake Elko County, Nevada

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck in Elko County, Nevada on Thu, Aug 3, 1916, 6:22 AM GMT-8 (14:22 UTC).

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.8 (ML, local (Richter)), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS historic United States catalog
Local time: Thu, Aug 3, 1916, 6:22 AM GMT-8
UTC: 1916-08-03 14:22:38 UTC
Depth: Not given
Epicenter: 41.500° N, 116.500° W
Region: Nevada
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

What happened

The USGS’s account of the effects of this earthquake.

This earthquake was felt at Elko, McDermitt, Rebel Creek¹, and Winnemucca. Objects were thrown from shelves.
Maximum observed Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) IV-V

Abridged from Earthquake History of the United States, by Jerry L. Coffman, Carl A. von Hake and Carl W. Stover, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Geological Survey, Publication 41-1, Revised Edition (Through 1970), Reprinted 1982 with Supplement (1971-1980), United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1982.

The earthquake was felt at Elko, McDermitt and Rebel Creek¹. Maximum observed Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) III.

Abridged from Catalog of Nevada earthquakes, 1852-1960, by David B. Slemmons, Austin E. Jones and James I. Gimlett (1965), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 55(2), 519-565. [Stover and Coffman Ref. 54.]

Historical Note:
¹Rebel Creek is an unincorporated community about 70 km north of Winnemucca.
Reference: U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Geographic Names Information System – GNIS, on-line at https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/domestic-names

From the USGS event page for ushis594. U.S. Geological Survey text and figures are in the public domain.