California earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 11 km WSW of Dyer, Nevada

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 11 km WSW of Dyer, Nevada on Fri, Mar 9, 1984, 9:18 AM PST (17:18 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 9 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.0 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
1984-03-09 17:18:56 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.619° N, 118.184° 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 10.2 km horizontally, 9.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
326°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
5

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 194 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.111 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  3. 2.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 2.18 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  6. 1.78 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.625 km E of Mono City, California · 15536 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  8. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15536 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 1.813 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15536 days ago · 2 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 2.715 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15535 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 3.09 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15535 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 1.99 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15535 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.713 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15535 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  14. 1.912 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15535 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.312 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15535 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  16. 1.99 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15534 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  17. 3.313 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15534 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  18. 3.213 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15534 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 3.313 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15534 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 1.713 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15534 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  21. 1.73 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15534 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  22. 2.29 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15533 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  23. 2.012 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15532 days ago · 2 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 2.44 km S of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15532 days ago · -2 km deep · 70 km away
  25. 2.04 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15531 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  26. 1.55 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15529 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
  27. 2.111 km SSE of Benton, California · 15529 days ago · 1 km deep · 25 km away
  28. 1.8California-Nevada border region · 15528 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 2.72 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15528 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  30. 1.810 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15528 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  31. 2.48 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15528 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  32. 2.12 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15528 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  33. 1.77 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15527 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 2.445km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 15526 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 2.31 km N of Mesa, California · 15526 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  36. 2.63 km SSW of Wilkerson, California · 15526 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  37. 1.68 km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15526 days ago · 0 km deep · 61 km away
  38. 1.95 km S of Wilkerson, California · 15526 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  39. 2.43 km ESE of Mesa, California · 15525 days ago · 12 km deep · 37 km away
  40. 1.613 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15525 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  41. 2.237 km SW of Big Pine, California · 15524 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  42. 1.616 km SW of Round Valley, California · 15524 days ago · -1 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.611 km SE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15523 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  44. 2.02 km ESE of Mesa, California · 15523 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  45. 1.69 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15523 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
  46. 2.214 km WSW of Aspen Springs, California · 15523 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.58 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15521 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  48. 2.93 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15520 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  49. 2.23 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15520 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  50. 1.96 km ENE of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15520 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 3.16 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15520 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  52. 1.53 km E of Mammoth Lakes, California · 15519 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  53. 2.212 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15518 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  54. 2.96 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15517 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 1.916 km NW of Benton, California · 15516 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.816 km NW of Benton, California · 15516 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  57. 1.714 km WNW of Benton, California · 15516 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  58. 1.8California-Nevada border region · 15515 days ago · 36 km deep · 50 km away
  59. 1.916 km SW of Round Valley, California · 15515 days ago · 11 km deep · 58 km away
  60. 1.710 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15515 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away

The first 60 of 194.

Before

  1. 1.513 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15538 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.03 km NNW of Swall Meadows, California · 15538 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  3. 2.013 km SW of Aspen Springs, California · 15540 days ago · 2 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.612 km W of Aspen Springs, California · 15540 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.916 km ENE of Swall Meadows, California · 15540 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1112439. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.