M3.0 earthquake 13km SE of Boulder City, NV
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 13km SE of Boulder City, NV on Thu, Mar 12, 1981, 3:09 PM PST (23:09 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 4 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mc), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-12 23:09:09 UTC
- Depth
- 4.7 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.913° N, 114.716° W
- Region
- Nevada
- 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 4.4 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 166°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.713km S of Boulder City, NV · 16629 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 16629 days ago · 2 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.033 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada · 16626 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.922km N of Kingman, AZ · 16580 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci527481. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:44 AM UTC.