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.
Map
Where every quake of 1933 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1933
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 3.022km SE of Tecopa, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.253km NNE of Pahrump, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.134km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 5.528 km E of Gabbs, Nevada
- 2.712km SSW of Pahrump, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.75 km NW of Mina, Nevada
- 4.77 km NW of Mina, Nevada
- 4.641 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 3.145km SE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 6.122 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 15 km deep
- 5.237 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.212 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 16 km deep
- 5.121 km ENE of Mina, Nevada
- 4.552 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada
- 4.537 km N of Dyer, Nevada
- 3.656km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
- 5.028 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.518 km S of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.015 km NE of Mina, Nevada
- 4.810 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.211 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.516 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.118 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.116km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.224km S of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.331km S of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.332km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.710 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.510 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.662km ENE of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1933 in Nevada.
- 6.122 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada · 15 km deep
- 5.528 km E of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.518 km S of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.237 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.212 km NNW of Mina, Nevada · 16 km deep
- 5.211 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.121 km ENE of Mina, Nevada
- 5.118 km NE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.028 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada
- 5.015 km NE of Mina, Nevada
- 4.810 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.75 km NW of Mina, Nevada
- 4.77 km NW of Mina, Nevada
- 4.710 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.641 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.662km ENE of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
- 4.552 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada
- 4.537 km N of Dyer, Nevada
- 4.516 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.510 km SW of Gabbs, Nevada
- 4.332km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.331km S of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.224km S of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.116km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.134km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1933 | 12 | 5.2 | 11 km ENE of Gabbs, Nevada |
| February 1933 | 1 | 5.5 | 18 km S of Gabbs, Nevada |
| March 1933 | 1 | 5.0 | 28 km ESE of Gabbs, Nevada |
| April 1933 | 3 | 4.5 | 52 km SE of Lovelock, Nevada |
| May 1933 | 1 | 5.1 | 21 km ENE of Mina, Nevada |
| June 1933 | 4 | 6.1 | 22 km SSE of Stagecoach, Nevada |
| July 1933 | 3 | 4.7 | 5 km NW of Mina, Nevada |
| August 1933 | 0 | ||
| September 1933 | 0 | ||
| October 1933 | 2 | 5.5 | 28 km E of Gabbs, Nevada |
| November 1933 | 3 | 4.1 | 34km SSE of Hawthorne, NV |
| December 1933 | 0 |
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.
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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.