California earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 19 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada on Wed, Mar 15, 2023, 7:33 PM PDT (02:33 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 15km N of Deep Springs, CA. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2023-03-16 02:33:38 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.502° N, 117.983° W
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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.97
Station coverage gap
145°
Stations used
9

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 106 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.619 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1299 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.715km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1298 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.819 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1298 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.630 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1298 days ago · 11 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 1.619km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1298 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.728km SE of Bodie, CA · 1298 days ago · 13 km deep · 92 km away
  7. 3.915km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 13
  8. 1.816km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.519 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1297 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.716km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 3.715km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  12. 2.314km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 2.016km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.415km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  15. 1.716km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1297 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.613km NW of Toms Place, CA · 1296 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.616km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1296 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 1.716km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1296 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  19. 1.614km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1296 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.616km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1296 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.715km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1296 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 1.936 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1296 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  23. 1.837 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1296 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.9Nevada · 1295 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 1.615km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1295 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.619 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1295 days ago · 0 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 1.619 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1295 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  28. 1.816km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1295 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 2.215km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1294 days ago · -1 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 1.820 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1294 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 2.23km ESE of Round Valley, CA · 1294 days ago · 13 km deep · 53 km away
  32. 2.114km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1294 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 1.957 km ENE of Independence, California · 1292 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.635 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1292 days ago · 11 km deep · 78 km away
  35. 1.620 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1292 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 1.935 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1289 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  37. 1.715km SE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1289 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  38. 1.9California-Nevada border region · 1289 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  39. 2.019km S of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1288 days ago · -1 km deep · 91 km away
  40. 1.810km WNW of Toms Place, CA · 1288 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  41. 1.819 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1288 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  42. 1.719 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1288 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  43. 1.9California-Nevada border region · 1288 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 2.016km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1288 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 1.819 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1287 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 2.032 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1287 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  47. 1.613km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1286 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 2.73km NE of Round Valley, CA · 1285 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.04km E of Round Valley, CA · 1285 days ago · 15 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.64km WSW of Wilkerson, CA · 1285 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
  51. 2.6California-Nevada border region · 1284 days ago · 10 km deep · 76 km away
  52. 1.730 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1284 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 1.534 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1284 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  54. 1.530 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1284 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 2.230 km SSW of Mina, Nevada · 1284 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  56. 1.713km ESE of Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1284 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.540 km ESE of Mina, Nevada · 1283 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 1.931 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1283 days ago · 10 km deep · 70 km away
  59. 2.135 km SE of Mina, Nevada · 1283 days ago · 10 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 2.429 km SSE of Mina, Nevada · 1282 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 1.915km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 2.715km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.514km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 3.816km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.618 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 1299 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.614km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 13 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.817km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.618km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.114km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.715km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 0 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.916km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 2.615km NNE of Deep Springs, CA · 1299 days ago · -1 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.014km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 2.514km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · -1 km deep · 1 km away
  15. 1.715 km SE of Dyer, Nevada · 1300 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  16. 2.014km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · -1 km deep · 0 km away
  17. 2.813km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.313km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  19. 1.916km N of Deep Springs, CA · 1300 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.5California-Nevada border region · 1300 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00857089. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 4:36 AM UTC.