California earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 8 km W of Dyer, Nevada

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 8 km W of Dyer, Nevada on Thu, Oct 21, 1976, 10:14 PM PDT (05:14 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 6 km E of Swall Meadows, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1976-10-22 05:14:23 UTC
Depth
3.8 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.655° N, 118.165° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 9.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.08
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
311°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
6

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km NW of Benton, California · 18234 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.526 km E of Mono City, California · 18233 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 2.518 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 18228 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.932 km NNE of Benton, California · 18226 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  5. 2.118km ESE of Big Pine, CA · 18223 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  6. 2.331 km E of Mono City, California · 18223 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  7. 2.37 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 18217 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.27 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 18217 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  9. 3.02 km NW of Sunny Slopes, California · 18217 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  10. 3.010 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 18208 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.733 km NW of Benton, California · 18208 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  12. 1.832 km NW of Benton, California · 18205 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.421 km SSE of Benton, California · 18203 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  14. 2.5California-Nevada border region · 18203 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 3.03 km N of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 18202 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.212 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 18201 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 3.113 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 18200 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 2.431 km NW of Benton, California · 18192 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 2.40 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 18190 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.612 km NW of Aspen Springs, California · 18190 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  21. 3.16 km E of Swall Meadows, California · 18189 days ago · 0 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.63 km WNW of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, California · 18186 days ago · 3 km deep · 38 km away
  23. 3.012 km NNE of Mesa, California · 18179 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away

Before

  1. 3.58 km W of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 3.215 km ENE of Sunny Slopes, California · 18238 days ago · 2 km deep · 31 km away
  3. 2.415 km WNW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · -2 km deep · 9 km away
  4. 2.715 km WNW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · -2 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 3.45 km WNW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · 14 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 3.015 km WNW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · -1 km deep · 9 km away
  7. 2.58 km SW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.715 km WNW of Dyer, Nevada · 18238 days ago · 0 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 3.16 km W of Dyer, Nevada · 18239 days ago · 11 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 2.935km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 18243 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  11. 2.99 km E of Sunny Slopes, California · 18255 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
  12. 1.7California-Nevada border region · 18262 days ago · 12 km deep · 66 km away
  13. 1.620 km NW of Benton, California · 18263 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 2.120 km NW of Benton, California · 18263 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  15. 2.915km NW of West Bishop, CA · 18264 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1032008. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.