M1.8 earthquake 30km NW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 30km NW of Beatty, NV on Sun, Mar 21, 1982, 2:47 AM PST (10:47 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 36km NE 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
- 1982-03-21 10:47:36 UTC
- Depth
- 4.2 km (2.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.100° N, 116.994° 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
- 195°, 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.729km NW of Beatty, NV · 16256 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.560km ENE of Bishop, CA · 16249 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.636km NE of Lone Pine, CA · 16247 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.939km E of Big Pine, CA · 16242 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 4.360 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 16210 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
Before
- 2.316km WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16256 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.162km NW of Beatty, NV · 16258 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
- 3.610km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 3.19km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16261 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.861km ENE of Independence, CA · 16261 days ago · 0 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.79km E of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 16262 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci527566. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:00 AM UTC.