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Nevada earthquakes in 1980

128 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1980. The largest: M4.7 10 km NNE of Silver Springs, Nevada, Apr 7, 1980.

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

19791981

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Where every quake of 1980 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1980

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 3.159km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  2. 2.866km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  3. 2.964km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  4. 2.735km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  5. 3.256km NE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  6. 3.111km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  7. 3.637 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  8. 3.034km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 3 km deep
  9. 4.033 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  10. 2.869km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  11. 4.329 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  12. 4.630 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 23 km deep
  13. 2.750km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  14. 2.973km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  15. 3.718 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 5 km deep
  16. 3.54 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 22 km deep
  17. 3.82 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 4 km deep
  18. 2.672km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 2.869km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  20. 2.753km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 2.829km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  22. 2.714km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 2.718km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.217 km SE of Tonopah, Nevada · 5 km deep
  25. 2.722km WSW of Alamo, NV · 6 km deep
  26. 3.850 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 5 km deep
  27. 2.812km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  28. 2.717km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  29. 2.511 km E of Chilcoot-Vinton, California · 6 km deep
  30. 2.612km NNW of Las Vegas, NV · 6 km deep
  31. 3.047 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 5 km deep
  32. 2.639km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  33. 2.655km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  34. 3.19 km S of Schurz, Nevada · 5 km deep
  35. 4.111 km S of Schurz, Nevada · 27 km deep
  36. 2.959km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  37. 2.944km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  38. 2.965km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  39. 3.036km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  40. 2.962km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  41. 2.963km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  42. 2.858km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  43. 2.834km ENE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  44. 2.867km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  45. 2.864km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  46. 2.856km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  47. 2.671km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  48. 2.845km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  49. 3.033km S of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  50. 2.963km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  51. 3.767km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  52. 3.061km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  53. 2.610km NNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  54. 2.959km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  55. 3.029km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  56. 3.132km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  57. 2.958km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  58. 2.829km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  59. 3.064km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  60. 2.641km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  61. 3.145km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  62. 3.158km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  63. 2.966km W of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  64. 3.111km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  65. 2.764km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  66. 3.13 km NW of Alpine Village, California · 8 km deep
  67. 2.930km SSW of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  68. 2.852km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  69. 2.849km NNE of Beatty, NV · 0 km deep
  70. 2.949km NNE of Beatty, NV · 0 km deep
  71. 2.649km NNE of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  72. 3.256km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  73. 3.145km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  74. 3.062km ENE of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
  75. 2.862km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  76. 2.654km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  77. 2.649km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  78. 3.117km NNW of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  79. 3.037km E of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  80. 2.563km ENE of Bishop, CA · 6 km deep
  81. 3.558km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  82. 2.560km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  83. 3.255km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  84. 2.962km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  85. 2.748km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  86. 3.358km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  87. 2.570km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  88. 3.164km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  89. 2.861km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  90. 3.254km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  91. 3.764km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  92. 3.859km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  93. 2.572km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  94. 4.518 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  95. 2.953km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  96. 3.420 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 5 km deep
  97. 3.052km NNW of Caliente, NV · 6 km deep
  98. 3.829 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  99. 4.326 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  100. 2.798km ESE of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  101. 2.616km SW of Pahrump, NV · 6 km deep
  102. 2.838km E of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  103. 3.040km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  104. 3.068km E of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  105. 2.925km ESE of Alamo, NV · 0 km deep
  106. 2.643km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 16 km deep
  107. 4.710 km NNE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 5 km deep
  108. 3.238 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 5 km deep
  109. 2.561km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  110. 2.948km S of Mesquite, NV · 6 km deep
  111. 2.562km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  112. 3.60 km S of Mesa Vista, California · 14 km deep
  113. 3.60 km SSE of Mesa Vista, California · 3 km deep
  114. 2.667km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 6 km deep
  115. 2.942km N of Beatty, NV · 6 km deep
  116. 3.236 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 5 km deep
  117. 2.80 km NW of Mesa Vista, California · 3 km deep
  118. 2.94 km W of Mesa Vista, California · 8 km deep
  119. 2.657km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  120. 2.964km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  121. 2.638km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  122. 3.036km ESE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  123. 2.653km S of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  124. 2.764km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 10 km deep
  125. 2.953km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  126. 2.764km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  127. 2.556km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 21 km deep
  128. 3.584km ENE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1980 in Nevada.

  1. 4.710 km NNE of Silver Springs, Nevada · 5 km deep
  2. 4.630 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 23 km deep
  3. 4.518 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  4. 4.329 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  5. 4.326 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  6. 4.111 km S of Schurz, Nevada · 27 km deep
  7. 4.033 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  8. 3.82 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 4 km deep
  9. 3.850 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 5 km deep
  10. 3.829 km WSW of Denio, Nevada · 5 km deep
  11. 3.859km WSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  12. 3.764km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  13. 3.767km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  14. 3.718 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 5 km deep
  15. 3.637 km SW of Mina, Nevada · 5 km deep
  16. 3.60 km S of Mesa Vista, California · 14 km deep
  17. 3.60 km SSE of Mesa Vista, California · 3 km deep
  18. 3.558km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  19. 3.54 km SE of Topaz Ranch Estates, Nevada · 22 km deep
  20. 3.584km ENE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  21. 3.420 km NE of Hawthorne, Nevada · 5 km deep
  22. 3.358km SW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep
  23. 3.256km NE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  24. 3.255km SE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
  25. 3.256km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 6 km deep

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198073.584km ENE of Hawthorne, NV
February 198032.964km WSW of Tonopah, NV
March 1980103.60 km S of Mesa Vista, California
April 1980144.710 km NNE of Silver Springs, Nevada
May 1980224.518 km WSW of Denio, Nevada
June 198063.256km SSW of Tonopah, NV
July 198013.13 km NW of Alpine Village, California
August 198012.764km SSW of Tonopah, NV
September 1980334.111 km S of Schurz, Nevada
October 198073.850 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada
November 198073.217 km SE of Tonopah, Nevada
December 1980174.630 km SSW of Mina, Nevada

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 1980

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.