M3.2 earthquake 63km NW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 63km NW of Beatty, NV on Sat, Nov 30, 1946, 9:16 PM GMT-8 (05:16 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.2 21km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1946-12-01 05:16:31 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.308° N, 117.263° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 313°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 2
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.567km WNW of Beatty, NV · 29163 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.263km NW of Beatty, NV · 29163 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
- 3.314km NE of Big Pine, CA · 29126 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 4.221km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CA · 29122 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 3.862km WNW of Beatty, NV · 29119 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.361km WNW of Beatty, NV · 29119 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3359217. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 7:57 AM UTC.