October 3, 1915 Earthquake: Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States

Name: October 3, 1915 Earthquake: Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States
Start: 1915-10-03
Location: Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States

October 3, 1915 · M7.6

A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States on October 3, 1915 at 06:52:48 UTC.

Map

Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.

The earthquake

Date: October 3, 1915
Time: 06:52:48 UTC
Place: Pleasant Valley, Nevada, United States
Magnitude: 7.6 (Ms)
Intensity: 10 on the Modified Mercalli scale
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 40.500° N, 117.500° W
Country: United States

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 1915 The 1900s Every quake the USGS located in 1915 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

Sources

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 3038.