Nevada earthquakes in 1983
41 earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more were located in Nevada in 1983. The largest: M5.1 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada, Mar 26, 1983.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1983 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1983
Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.
- 3.134km NW of Hawthorne, NV · 4 km deep
- 2.674km NNE of Pahrump, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.655km WNW of Beatty, NV · 4 km deep
- 2.867km SSE of Tonopah, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.567km NNW of Beatty, NV · 4 km deep
- 3.313 km SW of Moapa Valley, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 2.6Northern California · 6 km deep
- 2.971km NW of Beatty, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.869km NW of Beatty, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.765km NW of Beatty, NV · 4 km deep
- 3.069km NW of Beatty, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.868km NW of Beatty, NV · 7 km deep
- 4.271 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.331 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.212 km S of Reno, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 2.965km S of Tonopah, NV · 4 km deep
- 3.241km E of Hawthorne, NV · 5 km deep
- 4.618 km NW of Mina, Nevada · 13 km deep
- 3.544km WNW of Caliente, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.65 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada · 6 km deep
- 2.847km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 6 km deep
- 2.555km SW of Tonopah, NV · 4 km deep
- 2.628km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.832km ENE of Nellis Air Force Base, NV · 5 km deep
- 5.151 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 0 km deep
- 2.64 km WNW of Mesa Vista, California · 0 km deep
- 3.0California-Nevada border region · 2 km deep
- 2.62 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.453 km E of Owyhee, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.910 km E of Boulder City, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 2.83 km WNW of Alpine Village, California · 3 km deep
- 3.012 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.225km ENE of Boulder City, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.855km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 4 km deep
- 3.257km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 5 km deep
- 2.561km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 4 km deep
- 3.813 km SSE of Dayton, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.38km WNW of Kingsbury, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.919km NNE of Boulder City, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.224 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 6 km deep
- 2.938km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 4 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1983 in Nevada.
- 5.151 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 0 km deep
- 4.618 km NW of Mina, Nevada · 13 km deep
- 4.271 km S of Eureka, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.910 km E of Boulder City, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.813 km SSE of Dayton, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.65 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada · 6 km deep
- 3.544km WNW of Caliente, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.453 km E of Owyhee, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.38km WNW of Kingsbury, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.313 km SW of Moapa Valley, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.331 km NW of Gabbs, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.212 km S of Reno, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.224 km SW of Silver Peak, Nevada · 6 km deep
- 3.225km ENE of Boulder City, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.257km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 5 km deep
- 3.241km E of Hawthorne, NV · 5 km deep
- 3.134km NW of Hawthorne, NV · 4 km deep
- 3.0California-Nevada border region · 2 km deep
- 3.012 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 5 km deep
- 3.069km NW of Beatty, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.938km SSE of Hawthorne, NV · 4 km deep
- 2.971km NW of Beatty, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.965km S of Tonopah, NV · 4 km deep
- 2.919km NNE of Boulder City, NV · 5 km deep
- 2.868km NW of Beatty, NV · 7 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1983 | 8 | 3.8 | 13 km SSE of Dayton, Nevada |
| February 1983 | 5 | 3.9 | 10 km E of Boulder City, Nevada |
| March 1983 | 4 | 5.1 | 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada |
| April 1983 | 3 | 2.8 | 32km ENE of Nellis Air Force Base, NV |
| May 1983 | 1 | 2.8 | 47km SSE of Hawthorne, NV |
| June 1983 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada |
| July 1983 | 5 | 4.6 | 18 km NW of Mina, Nevada |
| August 1983 | 0 | ||
| September 1983 | 1 | 4.2 | 71 km S of Eureka, Nevada |
| October 1983 | 6 | 3.0 | 69km NW of Beatty, NV |
| November 1983 | 4 | 3.3 | 13 km SW of Moapa Valley, Nevada |
| December 1983 | 2 | 3.1 | 34km NW of Hawthorne, 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.
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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.