M1.6 earthquake 16 km NW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km NW of Sandy Valley, Nevada on Mon, Mar 3, 2003, 12:49 AM PST (08:49 UTC), 17 km (10 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 33km WSW of Tecopa, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2003-03-03 08:49:38 UTC
- Depth
- 16.7 km (10.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.940° N, 115.736° 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.
- Station coverage gap
- 177°
- 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.933km WSW of Tecopa, CA · 8610 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.534 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 8605 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 1.812 km NNW of Blue Diamond, Nevada · 8604 days ago · 13 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.516 km ENE of Indian Springs, Nevada · 8599 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
- 1.747 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 8590 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.62 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 8586 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.02 km NNW of Boulder City, Nevada · 8574 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.646 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 8562 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
- 1.919 km SSW of Sandy Valley, Nevada · 8561 days ago · 17 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.636 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 8559 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00064059. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:57 PM UTC.