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Nevada earthquakes in 1933

30 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1933. The largest: M6.1 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada, Jun 25, 1933.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

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Where every quake of 1933 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1933

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

The largest

The 25 largest of 1933 in Nevada.

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1933125.211 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada
February 193315.518 km S of Gabbs, Nevada
March 193315.028 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada
April 193334.552 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada
May 193315.121 km ENE of Mina, Nevada
June 193346.122 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada
July 193334.75 km NW of Mina, Nevada
August 19330
September 19330
October 193325.528 km E of Gabbs, Nevada
November 193334.134km SSE of Hawthorne, NV
December 19330

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Nevada nowWorldwide in 1933

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.