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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Beatty, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 6:30 am PST (14:30 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 47 km (30 mi) east-southeast of Beatty, NV, at 12:32 pm PST on 31 January 2025 (20:32 UTC), 9.5 km deep.

USGS: 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada

12:32 pm PST, Jan 31, 2025 · · 9.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
12:32 pm PST on 31 January 2025 ()
Where
47 km (30 mi) east-southeast of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 105 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Rock Valley fault, 8 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 650 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, 47 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 4.4 on 2024-08-14 — about 11,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 74 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 40 km NNE of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 64 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 38 km NNE of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 63 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 37 km NNE of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 40 km NNE of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 65 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada · 41 km NNE 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 36.7707, -116.2543. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 105 km (65 mi) WSW earthquakes near Inyo County
Clark County, NV 127 km (79 mi) ESE earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  2. 2.0 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  3. 2.1 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  4. 3.1 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  5. 1.7 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  6. 1.6 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  7. 2.6 34 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.5 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  9. 1.8 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  10. 2.0 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  11. 2.4 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  12. 1.8 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  13. 2.0 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  14. 1.5 52 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
  15. 2.3 51 km ESE 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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