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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Beatty, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 12:26 am PST (08:26 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) north-northeast of Beatty, NV, at 9:18 pm PDT on 13 October 2021 (04:18 UTC), 9.5 km deep.

USGS: 40 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada

9:18 pm PDT, Oct 13, 2021 · · 9.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Nye County 81 kmInyo County 106 kmEsmeralda County 111 km
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When
9:18 pm PDT on 13 October 2021 ()
Where
40 km (25 mi) north-northeast of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Nye County, 81 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1855 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 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Beatty, 40 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 4.1 on 2019-06-11 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 123 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 15 km ENE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 8 km ENE of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 11 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 18 km ENE of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 57 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 22 km ENE of this epicentre

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 37.2390, -116.5675. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Nye County, NV 81 km (51 mi) N earthquakes near Nye County
Inyo County, CA 106 km (66 mi) SW earthquakes near Inyo County
Esmeralda County, NV 111 km (69 mi) WNW earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 40 km NE of Beatty, Nevada
  2. 1.9 40 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
  3. 1.5 59 km NE of Beatty, Nevada
  4. 1.7 23 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada
  5. 2.1 35 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada
  6. 1.8 27 km NW of Beatty, Nevada
  7. 2.7 47 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada
  8. 2.0 53 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
  9. 1.9 16 km N of Beatty, Nevada
  10. 1.7 40 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
  11. 1.9 40 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
  12. 2.3 55 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada
  13. 1.6 40 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
  14. 1.9 36 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada
  15. 1.7 60 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada

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

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