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Historic Earthquake
1954 United States of America Earthquake
16 December 1954 · Dixie Valley · United States of America
On 16 December 1954 at 11:07 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the United States of America (Dixie Valley). It occurred on the North American Plate, 397 km from its boundary with the Pacific Plate (continental transform fault).
- Date
- 16 December 1954
- Time
- 11:07 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Maximum Intensity
- X (Mercalli)
- Plate
- North American Plate
- Country
- United States of America
- Nearest Volcano
- Soda Lakes (63 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 19321932 Cedar Mountain Earthquake · M 7.2
- 19151915 Pleasant Valley Earthquake · M 7.6
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth