M2.4 earthquake 55km WNW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 55km WNW of Beatty, NV on Sat, Jan 14, 1978, 1:14 PM PST (21:14 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 20 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (mh), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-01-14 21:14:12 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.088° N, 117.329° 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 6.9 km horizontally, 31.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.42
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 350°, 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.420 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 17786 days ago · 1 km deep · 75 km away
- 3.720 km ESE of Dyer, Nevada · 17786 days ago · 2 km deep · 75 km away
- 2.936km E of Big Pine, CA · 17775 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.436km E of Independence, CA · 17766 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.849km NNW of Beatty, NV · 17764 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
- 2.566km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 17763 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
- 2.241km SW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 17744 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.314km NNE of Olancha, CA · 17733 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.017km NNE of Olancha, CA · 17731 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci10080106. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:43 AM UTC.