M3.0 earthquake 37km NW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 37km NW of Beatty, NV on Tue, Jun 22, 1982, 2:22 AM PDT (09:22 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 64 km ENE of Beatty, 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 (md), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1982-06-22 09:22:55 UTC
- Depth
- 4.1 km (2.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.178° N, 116.992° 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
- 243°, 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: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.84km ENE of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16162 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.66km ENE of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16162 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 1.656km WNW of Beatty, NV · 16160 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 3.020km SSE of Tonopah, NV · 16150 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.069km N of Beatty, NV · 16130 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.765km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16126 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.564 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 16126 days ago · 0 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.040km ENE of Big Pine, CA · 16123 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci504373. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:42 AM UTC.