Nevada earthquakes in 1970
17 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1970. The largest: M4.5 64 km ESE of Kingston, Nevada, Mar 28, 1970.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1970 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1970
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 2.876km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
- 2.765km NW of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 2.860km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.864km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.854km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 6 km deep
- 2.662km WNW of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.758km WSW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.560km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.365km NNE of Beatty, NV · 0 km deep
- 2.961km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.485km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.564 km ESE of Kingston, Nevada
- 3.418km ENE of Pahrump, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.993km WNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.270km NNW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
- 4.052km SSE of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
- 3.973km N of Pahrump, NV · 6 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1970 | 0 | ||
| February 1970 | 1 | 3.9 | 73km N of Pahrump, NV |
| March 1970 | 5 | 4.5 | 64 km ESE of Kingston, Nevada |
| April 1970 | 1 | 3.4 | 85km NNE of Beatty, NV |
| May 1970 | 1 | 2.9 | 61km NNE of Beatty, NV |
| June 1970 | 0 | ||
| July 1970 | 2 | 3.5 | 60km NNE of Beatty, NV |
| August 1970 | 2 | 3.7 | 58km WSW of Alamo, NV |
| September 1970 | 4 | 2.8 | 54km ENE of Big Pine, CA |
| October 1970 | 1 | 2.8 | 76km SSW of Tonopah, NV |
| November 1970 | 0 | ||
| December 1970 | 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.