M3.0 earthquake 10 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 10 km NNW of Stagecoach, Nevada on Tue, Sep 3, 1985, 3:20 PM PDT (22:20 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-03 22:20:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.465° N, 119.420° 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: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.91 km W of Sierraville, California · 14971 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.56 km N of Truckee, California · 14970 days ago · 2 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.211 km WNW of Floriston, California · 14964 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.311 km WNW of Floriston, California · 14964 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
- 2.06 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14949 days ago · -1 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.04 km S of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.54 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.03 km SSW of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · -2 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.23 km SSE of Sierraville, California · 14948 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.14 km S of Sierraville, California · 14943 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.513 km NE of Lake Davis, California · 14943 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.65 km SSW of Markleeville, California · 14942 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.910 km NNW of Truckee, California · 14939 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
Before
- 2.52 km WNW of Sattley, California · 14998 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.93 km E of Sierraville, California · 15000 days ago · 12 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.017 km S of Sierra Brooks, California · 15001 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.54 km SE of Iron Horse, California · 15005 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.04 km NNW of Verdi, California · 15007 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
- 1.61 km NE of Mesa Vista, California · 15012 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.2Northern California · 15018 days ago · -2 km deep · 81 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002jdd. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:06 AM UTC.