Nevada earthquakes in 1966
22 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1966. The largest: M5.9 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada, Aug 16, 1966.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1966 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1966
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 3.36km ENE of Paradise, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.344 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.444 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.520 km SW of Carlin, Nevada · 32 km deep
- 4.544 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.444 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 5.336 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.544 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.236 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.344 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.234 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 7 km deep
- 5.236 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.644 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 4.244 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 34 km deep
- 4.636 km SE of Caliente, Nevada · 33 km deep
- 5.938 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada · 10 km deep
- 3.834km N of Laughlin, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.454km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
- 3.368km E of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.08 km W of Mina, Nevada · 9 km deep
- 3.753km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.434 km W of Orovada, Nevada · 20 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1966 | 1 | 4.4 | 34 km W of Orovada, Nevada |
| February 1966 | 1 | 3.7 | 53km SE of Hawthorne, NV |
| March 1966 | 0 | ||
| April 1966 | 2 | 4.0 | 8 km W of Mina, Nevada |
| May 1966 | 0 | ||
| June 1966 | 1 | 3.4 | 54km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA |
| July 1966 | 1 | 3.8 | 34km N of Laughlin, NV |
| August 1966 | 7 | 5.9 | 38 km ESE of Caliente, Nevada |
| September 1966 | 4 | 5.3 | 36 km SE of Caliente, Nevada |
| October 1966 | 4 | 4.5 | 20 km SW of Carlin, Nevada |
| November 1966 | 1 | 3.3 | 6km ENE of Paradise, NV |
| December 1966 | 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.