QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Beatty, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 10:31 am PST (18:31 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 17 km (11 mi) SSW, at 2:01 pm PDT on 28 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Beatty

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 45 km (28 mi) southwest of Beatty, NV, at 5:55 am PST on 6 November 2024 (13:55 UTC), less than 1 km deep.

USGS: 4 km ENE of Stovepipe Wells, CA

5:55 am PST, Nov 6, 2024 · · 1.0 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Beatty Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Inyo County 28 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
5:55 am PST on 6 November 2024 ()
Where
45 km (28 mi) southwest of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 28 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Towne Pass fault, 3 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 657 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 21 km (13 mi) from the epicentre. In Beatty, 45 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 80,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2020-08-19 — about 2,700 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 36.6145, -117.0995. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 28 km (17 mi) WSW earthquakes near Inyo County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

37 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.6 51 km NE of Keeler, California
  2. 1.6 41 km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  3. 1.8 43 km SW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  4. 2.6 17 km SSW of Beatty, Nevada
  5. 2.1 38 km WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  6. 1.9 17 km W of Furnace Creek, CA
  7. 3.3 8 km SSW of Furnace Creek, CA
  8. 1.9 26 km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  9. 1.8 21 km SSE of Beatty, Nevada
  10. 1.6 31 km WSW of Furnace Creek, California
  11. 2.2 6 km SW of Furnace Creek, CA
  12. 1.8 6 km SW of Furnace Creek, CA
  13. 1.6 10 km SW of Furnace Creek, California
  14. 1.8 8 km SSW of Furnace Creek, CA
  15. 2.6 8 km ESE of Stovepipe Wells, CA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.