M3.5 earthquake 46 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 46 km SE of Beatty, Nevada on Sun, Jun 6, 1976, 5:45 AM PDT (12:45 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.1 45 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.5 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1976-06-06 12:45:03 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.656° N, 116.340° 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
- 14
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.145 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California · 18375 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.050 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California · 18375 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.949km SE of Beatty, NV · 18375 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.742km N of Pahrump, NV · 18372 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.642km ESE of Beatty, NV · 18365 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
- 3.848 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California · 18362 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.1California-Nevada border region · 18361 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.948km NNW of Pahrump, NV · 18361 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.245km NE of Trona, CA · 18337 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000grj (also filed as ci153229). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:28 PM UTC.