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M 1.6ml

Earthquake near Beatty, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 7:00 am PST (15:00 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 1.6 earthquake was recorded 9 km (5 mi) north of Beatty, NV, at 5:21 pm PST on 27 November 2021 (01:21 UTC), 4.4 km deep.

USGS: 8 km N of Beatty, Nevada

5:21 pm PST, Nov 27, 2021 · · 4.4 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Inyo County 75 kmNye County 112 kmEsmeralda County 118 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
5:21 pm PST on 27 November 2021 ()
Where
9 km (5 mi) north of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 75 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Yucca Mountain faults, western group, 22 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 1810 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 10 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Beatty, 9 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.

Likely felt in: Beatty 9 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 57 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 45 km NE of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 39 km NE of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 43 km NE of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 47 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 6.1 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 46 km NE 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 36.9846, -116.7425. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 75 km (47 mi) SW earthquakes near Inyo County
Nye County, NV 112 km (70 mi) NNE earthquakes near Nye County
Esmeralda County, NV 118 km (73 mi) NW earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 21 km NE of Furnace Creek, California
  2. 1.6 California-Nevada border region
  3. 1.5 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  4. 2.2 50 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada
  5. 1.7 13 km N of Beatty, Nevada
  6. 1.8 13 km N of Beatty, Nevada
  7. 1.6 26 km NW of Furnace Creek, California
  8. 1.8 29 km NE of Furnace Creek, California
  9. 1.5 29 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
  10. 2.3 Nevada
  11. 2.8 29 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
  12. 1.6 43 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  13. 1.6 51 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada
  14. 1.5 13km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA
  15. 2.9 53 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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