Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.6ml
59 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 59 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada, at 1:45 pm PDT on 5 May 2026 (20:45 UTC), 9.4 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Nye County, 63 km N
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 191 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 6 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. 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 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 5,200 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 104 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.4 52 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 13 km SSE of this epicentre
- 6.3 46 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 14 km S of this epicentre
- 6.3 51 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 10 km S of this epicentre
- 6.2 53 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 16 km SE of this epicentre
- 6.2 57 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 17 km SE 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 37.3977, -116.4742. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nye County, NV | 63 km (39 mi) | N | earthquakes near Nye County |
| Esmeralda County, NV | 111 km (69 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Esmeralda County |
| Inyo County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Inyo County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
10 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
- 1.5 38 km SE 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
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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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