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M 1.5ml

Earthquake near Beatty, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Beatty in the 24 hours to 1:07 pm PST (21:07 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 34 km (21 mi) east-northeast of Beatty, NV, at 9:15 am PDT on 13 April 2026 (16:15 UTC), 9.1 km deep.

USGS: 34 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada

9:15 am PDT, Apr 13, 2026 · · 9.1 km deep · released about 5.6 lb of TNT

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When
9:15 am PDT on 13 April 2026 ()
Where
34 km (21 mi) east-northeast of Beatty, NV · earthquakes near Beatty
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Inyo County, 103 km WSW
Nearest mapped fault
Yucca Mountain faults, western group, 16 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 213 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Beatty, 34 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 5.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.6 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 143 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 29 km N of this epicentre
  2. 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 28 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 32 km N of this epicentre
  4. 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 28 km N of this epicentre
  5. 6.2 57 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 31 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 37.0256, -116.4011. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Inyo County, CA 103 km (64 mi) WSW earthquakes near Inyo County
Nye County, NV 105 km (65 mi) N earthquakes near Nye County
Esmeralda County, NV 137 km (85 mi) NW earthquakes near Esmeralda County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 50 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
  2. 1.6 43 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
  3. 1.2 59 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
  4. 1.6 52 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
  5. 1.6 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  6. 2.6 17 km SSW of Beatty, Nevada
  7. 1.6 39 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  8. 2.2 38 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  9. 2.5 34 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  10. 3.0 35 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.9 44 km SW of Rachel, Nevada
  12. 3.6 45 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
  13. 3.4 47 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
  14. 2.9 46 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
  15. 2.5 46 km SE 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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