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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Beatty, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 8:41 am PST (16:41 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 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Beatty, NV, at 9:50 pm PDT on 6 April 2026 (04:50 UTC), less than 1 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 46 km NE of Beatty, Nevada
- When
- 9:50 pm PDT on 6 April 2026 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) northeast of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Nye County, 81 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 221 days ago
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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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Beatty, 46 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 6.8 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,200,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.8 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 6,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 142 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 6 km NNE of this epicentre
- 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 6 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 8 km NNW of this epicentre
- 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 8 km NE of this epicentre
- 6.2 57 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 11 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 37.2355, -116.4346. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nye County, NV | 81 km (50 mi) | N | earthquakes near Nye County |
| Inyo County, CA | 114 km (71 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Inyo County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 122 km (76 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
14 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 50 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
- 1.6 43 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.2 59 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
- 1.9 44 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
- 3.0 54 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.8 56 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.6 55 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.1 40 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
- 2.3 40 km SE of Goldfield, Nevada
- 1.6 59 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.6 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.9 48 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.7 41 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
- 1.5 34 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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