M3.5 earthquake 28 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada on Mon, Apr 7, 2025, 3:38 AM PDT (10:38 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 40 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.027 · 184 stations
3.5	Mw, moment	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Reviewed

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 25 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000q4hy (also filed as nn00895839). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC.