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Nevada earthquakes in 1969

35 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1969. The largest: M4.3 72km NE of Beatty, NV, Sep 16, 1969.

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

19681970

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Where every quake of 1969 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1969

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 3.766km NNW of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  2. 3.056km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  3. 3.444km WSW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  4. 4.384km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  5. 4.372km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  6. 4.091km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  7. 3.990km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  8. 4.088km NW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  9. 4.148km N of Caliente, NV · 6 km deep
  10. 3.158km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  11. 4.067km NW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  12. 3.141km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  13. 3.861km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  14. 3.469km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  15. 3.946km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  16. 3.962km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  17. 3.874km ENE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  18. 3.745km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 3.746km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  20. 2.970km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 3.941km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  22. 3.614km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 3.952km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.562km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  25. 3.958km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  26. 3.992km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  27. 4.078km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  28. 3.636km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  29. 3.751km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  30. 3.743km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  31. 3.964km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  32. 3.953km W of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  33. 3.745km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  34. 3.999km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  35. 4.149km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1969 in Nevada.

  1. 4.372km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  2. 4.384km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  3. 4.148km N of Caliente, NV · 6 km deep
  4. 4.149km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  5. 4.091km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  6. 4.088km NW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  7. 4.078km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  8. 4.067km NW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  9. 3.990km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  10. 3.941km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  11. 3.992km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  12. 3.958km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  13. 3.953km W of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  14. 3.999km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  15. 3.946km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  16. 3.962km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  17. 3.952km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  18. 3.964km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 3.861km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  20. 3.874km ENE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 3.743km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  22. 3.745km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 3.766km NNW of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.745km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  25. 3.751km NE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 1969244.149km NNE of Beatty, NV
February 196914.067km NW of Alamo, NV
March 19690
April 19690
May 196913.158km SW of Tonopah, NV
June 19690
July 196914.148km N of Caliente, NV
August 19690
September 196954.372km NE of Beatty, NV
October 196923.444km WSW of Alamo, NV
November 19690
December 196913.766km NNW of Beatty, 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 1969

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.