Nevada earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 28 km N of Dyer, Nevada

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km N of Dyer, Nevada on Sun, Dec 29, 2024, 10:33 AM PST (18:33 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 13 km ESE of Hawthorne, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2024-12-29 18:33:03 UTC
Depth
8.9 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.925° N, 118.073° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.47
Station coverage gap
202°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
10

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 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 110.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00890819. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.