1966 Truckee quake - M 5.9 - USGS
Caused no major damage or injuries.
Earthquake Occurrence in the Reno-Carson City Urban Corridor
Craig M. dePolo, John G. Anderson, Diane M. dePolo, Jonathan G. Price, published in the
Seismological Research Letters, Volume 68, May/June, 1997, pages 401-412.
Major historical earthquakes in the Reno-Carson City urban corridor.
Earthquakes of Magnitude 6 and Larger
Date | Magnitude1 | Location |
1852? | 7.3 | Western Nevada |
Sept. 3, 1857 | 6.2 | Western Nevada |
March 15, 1860 | 7.0 | Pyramid Lake area |
May 29, 1868 | 6.0 | Virginia Range |
Dec. 26, 1869 | 6.7 | Virginia Range |
Dec. 27, 1869 | 6.1 | southern Virginia Range |
June 3, 1887 | 6.3 | Carson Valley |
Feb. 14, 1914 | 6.0 | Verdi area |
Apr. 24, 1914 | 6.4 | northern Virginia Range |
June 25, 1933 | 6.0 | northern Singatze Range |
Dec. 29, 1948 | 6.0 | Verdi area |
Sept. 12, 1966 | 6.0 | Truckee |
Sept. 12, 1994 | 6.0 | Double Spring Flat |
Principal Quaternary and suspected Quaternary faults in western Nevada. Faults are shown schematically, with balls on the downthrown side and arrows indicating strike-slip motion. The lines with dots are seismogenic lineaments.
Fault Name | Acronym | Earthquake Magnitude1 | Fault Slip Rate (m/kyr)* | Occurance Rate Min-Max (Events/Year) x 10-5* |
Carson City flt. | ccf | 6.8 | 0.05-0.3 | 8-48 |
Carson lineament | cl | 6.9 | 0.005-0.05 | 0.64-6.4 |
Comstock flt. zn. | cfz | 6.6 | 0.005-0.05 | 1-13 |
Double Spring Flat flt. zn. | dsffz | 6.7 | 0.01-0.1 | 2-20 |
East Tahoe flt. | etf | 7.0 | 0.1-0.5 | 10-51 |
Eastern Carson Valley flt. zn. | ecvfz | 6.7 | 0.05-0.3 | 4.1-61 |
Eastern Prison Hill flt. zn. | ephfz | 6.6 | 0.05-0.3 | 13-74 |
Eastern Reno Basin flt. zn. | erbfz | 6.9 | 0.01-0.1 | 1.3-13 |
Freds Mountain flt. zn. | fmfz | 7.0 | 0.05-0.2 | 5.1-21 |
Genoa flt. zn. | gfz | 7.4 | 0.3-2.5 | 6.3-63 |
Granite Hills flt. | ghf | 6.6 | 0.05-0.3 | 13-74 |
Hungry Valley flt. | hvf | 6.6 | 0.001-0.1 | 0.25-25 |
Incline Village flt. zn. | ivfz | 6.6 | 0.01-0.1 | 2.5-60 |
Little Valley flt. zn. | lvfz | 6.9 | 0.05-0.3 | 6.4-39 |
Mount Rose flt. zn. | mrfz | 7.1 | 0.1-0.5 | 8.2-41 |
North Tahoe flt. | ntf | 7.0 | 0.05-1 | 3.3-10 |
Northern Virginia Range flt. | nvrf | 6.6 | 0.01-0.1 | 2.5-25 |
Northwest Reno fault zone | nrfz | 6.6 | 0.01-0.08 | 2.5-20 |
Olinghouse flt. zn. | ofz | 7.1 | 0.05-0.3 | 4.1-25 |
Peavine Mountain flt. zn. | pmtfz | 7.0 | 0.05-0.3 | 2.1-74 |
Peterson Mountain flt. zn. | pmfz | 7.0 | 0.05-0.3 | 5.1-31 |
Pine Nut Valley flt. zn. | pnvfz | 6.8 | 0.01-0.1 | 1.6-16 |
Pyramid Lake flt. zn. | plfz | 7.3 | 0.4-1.1 | 42-56 |
Smith Valley flt. zn. | svfz | 7.2 | 0.12-0.81 | 7.9-53 |
Spanish Springs Peak flt. zn. | sspfz | 6.6 | 0.05-0.3 | 13-74 |
Spanish Springs Valley flt. zn. | ssvfz | 6.9 | 0.05-0.3 | 6.4-39 |
Stead flt. zn. | sfz | 6.6 | 0.01-0.1 | 2.5-25 |
Wabuska lineament | wl | 6.9 | 0.01-0.1 | 1.3-13 |
Western Lemmon Valley flt. zn. | wlvfz | 6.6 | 0.01-0.1 | 2.5-25 |
Western Warm Springs Valley flt. wwsvf | 6.9 | 0.005-0.1 | 0.64-13 |
1. Estimated values are thought to be representative of these faults, but they are not, in general, the results of detailed studies and should not be used for engineering studies without review. Estimated magnitude values have a general uncertainty of +/-0.3 magnitude units.
Source: Earthquake Occurrence in the Reno-Carson City Urban Corridor at the Univ. of Nevada Reno
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