M2.8 earthquake 5 km N of Boulder City, Nevada
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 5 km N of Boulder City, Nevada on Thu, Mar 12, 1981, 9:28 AM PST (17:28 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 13km SE of Boulder City, NV. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-03-12 17:28:08 UTC
- Depth
- 2.0 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.031° N, 114.842° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.013km SE of Boulder City, NV · 16629 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.713km S of Boulder City, NV · 16629 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.24 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 16629 days ago · 2 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.033 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada · 16626 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.533km SSE of Pahrump, NV · 16586 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.922km N of Kingman, AZ · 16580 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001cp0. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 6:59 AM UTC.