M2.6 earthquake 23km E of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 23km E of Beatty, NV on Sun, Mar 21, 1976, 9:15 PM PST (05:15 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.4 53 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.6 (Mh), micro
- Magnitude from
- Southern California Seismic Network
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-03-22 05:15:47 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.946° N, 116.499° 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 53.7 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.49
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 283°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.453 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 18455 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.437km SSW of Furnace Creek, CA · 18434 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.826km NNE of Beatty, NV · 18423 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 3.058 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 18409 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 3.353 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 18456 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 1.536km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 18457 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.165km NE of Beatty, NV · 18457 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
- 4.049 km N of Beatty, Nevada · 18458 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.135 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 18459 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.958 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 18464 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.160 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 18469 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
- 3.284km NNE of Beatty, NV · 18470 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.918km W of Beatty, NV · 18471 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
- 3.167km NE of Beatty, NV · 18484 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3002446. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.