M2.8 earthquake 30km NNW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 30km NNW of Beatty, NV on Tue, Jan 19, 1982, 3:44 PM PST (23:44 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.3 32 km SSE 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
- 2.8 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-01-19 23:44:43 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.139° N, 116.939° 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
- 237°, poorly surrounded by stations
- 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: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.332 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16312 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.929 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16312 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
- 3.427 km SSE of Dyer, Nevada · 16312 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.357km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16308 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
- 3.240km E of Big Pine, CA · 16292 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
- 2.846km E of Big Pine, CA · 16289 days ago · 4 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.79km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.861km ENE of Independence, CA · 16262 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
- 3.19km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.610km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
- 3.162km NW of Beatty, NV · 16259 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci104812. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC.