What the records say
- When
- 3 Oct 1915
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Where
- Usa
- Coordinates
- 40.50° N, 117.50° W
- Intensity mmi
- 10
1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake
Earthquake in Nevada, United States
The 1915 Pleasant Valley earthquake occurred at 22:53:21 on October 2 in north-central Nevada. With a moment magnitude of 6.8, a surface wave magnitude of 7.7, and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), it was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in the state.
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- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 6.8 Pleasant Valley earthquake shook north-central Nevada with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page