Nevada earthquakes

M3.0 earthquake 24 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada on Tue, Dec 4, 1990, 1:46 AM PST (09:46 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 5 km W of Aspen Springs, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 3.0 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
Magnitude from: Northern California Seismic System
Local time: Tue, Dec 4, 1990, 1:46 AM PST
UTC: 1990-12-04 09:46:09 UTC
Depth: 5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 37.474° N, 117.922° W
Region: Nevada
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	Northern California Seismic System	Preferred · Final · 0 stations
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed
2.74	Mc	Southern California Seismic Network	Final · 23 stations

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 2.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Depth from: From location
Station coverage gap: 306°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used: 35

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 107 in the 60 days after this one and 66 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 107.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc201737 (also filed as ci2008417, usp0004hrb). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 3:01 PM UTC.