M1.8 earthquake 24km NW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 24km NW of Beatty, NV on Wed, Dec 2, 1981, 3:06 PM PST (23:06 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.5 24km E of Lone Pine, CA. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-12-02 23:06:49 UTC
- Depth
- 4.8 km (3.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.051° N, 116.964° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 172°
- Stations used
- 0
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.524km E of Lone Pine, CA · 16360 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.830km NNW of Beatty, NV · 16318 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 4.332 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16314 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
- 2.929 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16314 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 3.427 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16313 days ago · 16 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 2.235km E of Lone Pine, CA · 16376 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.044km NNW of Beatty, NV · 16380 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 3.120 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 16380 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.086km NNE of Beatty, NV · 16380 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.334km S of Tonopah, NV · 16383 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 4.864 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 16388 days ago · 0 km deep · 80 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci102539. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:35 AM UTC.