M4.4 earthquake 53 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 53 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada on Mon, Mar 22, 1976, 6:48 PM PST (02:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (ml), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-03-23 02:48:06 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.326° N, 116.464° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 5
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.250km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 18440 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.826km NNE of Beatty, NV · 18421 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 3.058 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 18407 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
Before
- 2.623km E of Beatty, NV · 18454 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 3.353 km S of Goldfield, Nevada · 18454 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 3.165km NE of Beatty, NV · 18455 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.049 km N of Beatty, Nevada · 18456 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 4.135 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 18457 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.958 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 18461 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 4.160 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 18466 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 3.284km NNE of Beatty, NV · 18468 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
- 2.918km W of Beatty, NV · 18469 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
- 3.167km NE of Beatty, NV · 18482 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000fjz (also filed as ci3002455). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:34 AM UTC.