M3.0 earthquake 14km WSW of Reederville, NV
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 14km WSW of Reederville, NV on Mon, Oct 28, 1985, 4:23 PM PST (00:23 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 25 km S of Eagleville, California. 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
- 1985-10-29 00:23:14 UTC
- Depth
- 2.1 km (1.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 41.120° N, 120.125° W
- Region
- California
- 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 267°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 13
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 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.229 km SE of Adin, California · 14938 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.28 km ENE of Likely, California · 14938 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.525 km S of Eagleville, California · 14937 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.90 km N of Susanville, California · 14936 days ago · -1 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.934 km NW of Susanville, California · 14918 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.332 km NNW of Susanville, California · 14916 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
Before
- 1.83 km SSW of Susanville, California · 14944 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.31 km NNE of Susanville, California · 14944 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.524 km NNW of Susanville, California · 14951 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.25km S of Likely, CA · 14961 days ago · 14 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.313 km SSW of Likely, California · 14961 days ago · 22 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc57828 (also filed as usp0002m84). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC.