- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 22, 1910 CE
- Location:
- Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada
- Magnitude:
- 5.5 Mint
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 6 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: ML 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 5.5
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 6.1
- USGS_COMCAT: Mint 5
Other earthquake records of 1910 CE
- Costa Rica, Cartago, San Jose · Ms 6.4 · 700 deaths
- Taiwan · Ms 7.8 · 60 deaths
- Algeria, Masqueray, Kabylia · Ms 6.4 · 12 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: S. Of · Ms 7.4
- Costa Rica, Cartago · Ms 5.8
- China, Yellow Sea · Ms 6.8
Press of the period
Archive newspaper issues published within a few days of this event. These issues may not report the event itself; they offer a direct window onto the press of the period.
- VooruitNovember 22, 1910open in archive ↗
- Victoria Daily TimesNovember 23, 1910open in archive ↗
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat) · License: U.S. Public Domain (USGS) · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did M 5.5 - Near Tonopah Junction, Nevada (1910 CE) happen?
- November 22, 1910 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from U.S. Geological Survey, Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat); it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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