M3.0 earthquake 20km SSE of Tonopah, NV
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 20km SSE of Tonopah, NV on Mon, Jul 5, 1982, 12:08 AM PDT (07:08 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 37 km SSE of Mina, 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 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-07-05 07:08:50 UTC
- Depth
- 4.1 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.907° N, 117.122° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.069km N of Beatty, NV · 16130 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.765km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16126 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.040km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 16123 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.765km N of Beatty, NV · 16100 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
- 2.240km E of Big Pine, CA · 16099 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.655km SW of Tonopah, NV · 16095 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.654km SW of Tonopah, NV · 16095 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
- 1.757km S of Tonopah, NV · 16095 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
- 2.923km NW of Beatty, NV · 16092 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.237 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 16090 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci504935. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:32 AM UTC.