M3.0 earthquake 47 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 47 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada on Wed, Oct 1, 1980, 6:48 PM PDT (01:48 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 50 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1980-10-02 01:48:13 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.283° N, 117.023° 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
- 10
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.262km SW of Tonopah, NV · 16788 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 2.717km W of Tonopah, NV · 16777 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.812km W of Tonopah, NV · 16770 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
- 3.850 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 16769 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
- 3.217 km SE of Tonopah, Nevada · 16756 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.718km W of Tonopah, NV · 16755 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.714km WNW of Tonopah, NV · 16751 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001a20 (also filed as ci9736950). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:28 PM UTC.