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Nevada earthquakes in 1968

37 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1968. The largest: M5.3 102 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada, May 22, 1968.

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

19671969

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Where every quake of 1968 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1968

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 3.787km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  2. 3.692km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  3. 3.443km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  4. 3.655km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  5. 4.823 km NNE of Golconda, Nevada · 10 km deep
  6. 3.462km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  7. 3.554km SW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  8. 3.448km NNW of Las Vegas, NV · 6 km deep
  9. 3.487km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  10. 3.280km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  11. 4.924 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3 km deep
  12. 2.953km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  13. 5.3102 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 10 km deep
  14. 3.778km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  15. 3.062km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  16. 3.263km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  17. 3.146km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  18. 3.670km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 3.442km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  20. 3.849km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 3.974km ENE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  22. 3.242km E of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 3.459km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.455km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  25. 3.363km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  26. 3.656km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  27. 3.684km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  28. 4.774km W of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  29. 3.464km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  30. 2.764km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  31. 3.364km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  32. 3.164km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  33. 3.473km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  34. 3.070km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  35. 4.372km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  36. 5.070km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  37. 4.59 km NE of Golconda, Nevada · 18 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1968 in Nevada.

  1. 5.3102 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 10 km deep
  2. 5.070km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  3. 4.924 km NNW of Gabbs, Nevada · 3 km deep
  4. 4.823 km NNE of Golconda, Nevada · 10 km deep
  5. 4.774km W of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  6. 4.59 km NE of Golconda, Nevada · 18 km deep
  7. 4.372km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  8. 3.974km ENE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  9. 3.849km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  10. 3.778km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  11. 3.787km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  12. 3.692km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  13. 3.655km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  14. 3.656km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  15. 3.670km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  16. 3.684km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  17. 3.554km SW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  18. 3.443km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 3.455km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  20. 3.487km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 3.442km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  22. 3.473km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 3.462km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.448km NNW of Las Vegas, NV · 6 km deep
  25. 3.459km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 196814.59 km NE of Golconda, Nevada
February 196875.070km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA
March 196813.464km ESE of Hawthorne, NV
April 196884.774km W of Alamo, NV
May 1968105.3102 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada
June 196853.554km SW of Alamo, NV
July 196814.823 km NNE of Golconda, Nevada
August 19680
September 19680
October 19680
November 19680
December 196843.787km WNW of Alamo, NV

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 1968

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.