M4.8 earthquake 64 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 64 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada on Wed, Nov 11, 1981, 12:00 PM PST (20:00 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-11-11 20:00:00 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.076° N, 116.068° 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.
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.086km NNE of Beatty, NV · 16377 days ago · 4 km deep · 66 km away
- 3.120 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada · 16377 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.044km NNW of Beatty, NV · 16377 days ago · 5 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.824km NW of Beatty, NV · 16364 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.623 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 16338 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
Before
- 2.426km NW of Beatty, NV · 16403 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.524 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16413 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.524km NW of Beatty, NV · 16414 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.124 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16415 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.423 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 16415 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001gx6 (also filed as ci526908). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:05 AM UTC.