Fairview Peak (Churchill County, Nevada)

Fairview Peak is a summit in the Clan Alpine Mountains of the U.S. state of Nevada.[1] The elevation is 8,271 feet (2,521 m).[1]

Fairview Peak was so named on account of the scenic views it affords.[2] Variant names were "Fairview Cairn" and "Fairview Mountain".[1] The ghost town of Fairview, Nevada takes its name from the nearby peak.[2]

1954 earthquakes

A very large earthquake doublet occurred on December 16, 1954. The Dixie Valley/Fairview earthquakes occurred four minutes apart, each with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The initial shock measured 7.3 Mw  and the second shock measured 6.9 Mw . Damage to man-made structures was minimal because the region was sparsely populated at the time, but oblique-slip motion on a normal fault resulted in the appearance of large fault scarps.[3][4]

Fault scarp near Fairview Peak, Nev., resulting from the earthquake of December 16, 1954. (Photograph by Hugo Benioff.)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fairview Peak
  2. ^ a b Federal Writers' Project (1941). Origin of Place Names: Nevada (PDF). W.P.A. p. 11.
  3. ^ Stover, C.W.; Coffman, J.L. (1993), Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised), U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, pp. 287, 288, 295, 296
  4. ^ a b von Hake, Carl A. (November–December 1974). "Earthquake History of Nevada". Earthquake Information Bulletin. 4. USGS: 4. hdl:2027/uc1.b4383833. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

39°13′30″N 118°09′10″W / 39.22500°N 118.15278°W / 39.22500; -118.15278


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