M3.4 earthquake 9 km S of Dayton, Nevada
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 9 km S of Dayton, Nevada on Tue, Sep 29, 1981, 8:14 PM PDT (03:14 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.4 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-09-30 03:14:03 UTC
- Depth
- 8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.149° N, 119.594° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.917 km W of Kirkwood, California · 16416 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.916 km ESE of Alta, California · 16408 days ago · 24 km deep · 89 km away
- 3.313 km SSE of Sparks, Nevada · 16393 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
- 1.87 km SSW of Kingvale, California · 16392 days ago · 14 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.95 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 16390 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 2.17 km N of Truckee, California · 16387 days ago · 22 km deep · 58 km away
- 1.912 km N of Soda Springs, California · 16378 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
Before
- 2.513 km SW of Markleeville, California · 16434 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
- 3.18 km E of Markleeville, California · 16442 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.146km N of Hawthorne, NV · 16442 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.64 km SSE of Floriston, California · 16446 days ago · 14 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.66 km S of Kingvale, California · 16458 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001g64. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:23 PM UTC.