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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.

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Where every quake of 1983 was located in Nevada. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1983

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

The largest

The 25 largest of 1983 in Nevada.

Month by month

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

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198383.813 km SSE of Dayton, Nevada
February 198353.910 km E of Boulder City, Nevada
March 198345.151 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
April 198332.832km ENE of Nellis Air Force Base, NV
May 198312.847km SSE of Hawthorne, NV
June 198323.65 km WNW of Alamo, Nevada
July 198354.618 km NW of Mina, Nevada
August 19830
September 198314.271 km S of Eureka, Nevada
October 198363.069km NW of Beatty, NV
November 198343.313 km SW of Moapa Valley, Nevada
December 198323.134km 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.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Nevada nowWorldwide in 1983

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.