- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- February 21, 2008 CE
- Location:
- Nevada, Wells
- Magnitude:
- 6 Mw
- Depth:
- 7 km
- Injuries:
- 3
- Intensity (MMI):
- 8
- Damage:
- ~$8.385M (value at the time)
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 3 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- NOAA_SIGEQ: Mw 6
- USGS_COMCAT: Mw 5.9
- USGS_COMCAT: ML 5.1
Other earthquake records of 2008 CE
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 7.9 · 87,652 deaths
- Pakistan, Quetta · Mw 6.4 · 215 deaths
- Kyrgyzstan, Nura · Mw 6.6 · 74 deaths
- Congo, Bukavu · Mw 5.9 · 47 deaths
- China, Sichuan Province · Mw 5.9 · 43 deaths
- Japan, Honshu: Tokyo · Mw 6.9 · 23 deaths
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K · License: U.S. Government Work · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 2008 CE Earthquake — Nevada, Wells happen?
- February 21, 2008 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Global Significant Earthquake Database, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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