M2.8 earthquake 49km NNW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 49km NNW of Beatty, NV on Wed, Feb 8, 1978, 6:33 PM PST (02:33 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 39km NE of Independence, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-02-09 02:33:54 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.339° N, 116.870° 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 7.2 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.39
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 351°, 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: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.566km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 17762 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.745km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 17718 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.345km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 17718 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
- 3.039km NE of Independence, CA · 17717 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 2.436km E of Independence, CA · 17765 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
- 2.936km E of Big Pine, CA · 17774 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.720 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 17785 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
- 3.420 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 17785 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
- 2.455km WNW of Beatty, NV · 17788 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci10079274. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:41 AM UTC.