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Historic Earthquake
1915 Pleasant Valley Earthquake
3 October 1915 · Pleasant Valley · United States of America
On 3 October 1915 at 06:52 UTC, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck the United States of America (Pleasant Valley). It occurred on the North American Plate.
- Date
- 3 October 1915
- Time
- 06:52 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.6
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Soda Lakes (160 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1954Dixie Valley · M 7.0
- 19321932 Cedar Mountain Earthquake · M 7.2
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth