M3.0 earthquake Nevada
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck in Nevada on Sat, Sep 8, 2018, 10:27 AM PDT (17:27 UTC), 1 km (1 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, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-08 17:27:52 UTC
- Depth
- 1.2 km (0.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.133° N, 116.096° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Strongest shaking
- IV, light shaking
- 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) | Nevada Seismological Laboratory | Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.35 · 5 stations |
| 3.0 | ML, local (Richter) | USGS National Earthquake Information Center | Reviewed · ±0.35 · 5 stations |
Shaking
The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.
- Strongest estimated
- IV, light shaking
- Peak ground acceleration
- 198.0% of gravity
- Peak ground velocity
- 0.7 cm/s
- Map
- Automatic
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.35
- Station coverage gap
- 73°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.69 km NE of Eureka, Nevada · 2939 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.373 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2911 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.613 km ESE of Austin, Nevada · 2911 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 1.979 km SSW of Eureka, Nevada · 2906 days ago · 0 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.782 km NNW of Rachel, Nevada · 2899 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.683 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2894 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.280 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2894 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.579 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2894 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
- 1.778 km N of Rachel, Nevada · 2889 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
Before
- 1.57 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.77 km SW of Ely, Nevada · 2955 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
- 2.46 km NW of Ruth, Nevada · 2956 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.669 km WSW of Preston, Nevada · 2964 days ago · 0 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.254 km SSE of Eureka, Nevada · 2975 days ago · 0 km deep · 37 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00655590 (also filed as us2000hb4b). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC.