M2.3 earthquake 16km NNW of Beatty, NV
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 16km NNW of Beatty, NV on Fri, Aug 2, 1985, 10:53 AM PDT (17:53 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.0 19 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (mc), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-08-02 17:53:18 UTC
- Depth
- 4.6 km (2.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.027° N, 116.848° 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
- 294°, 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: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.010 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.548km S of Tonopah, NV · 15012 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
- 4.019 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.651km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15012 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.848km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15012 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
- 3.251km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15012 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.461km E of Big Pine, CA · 15010 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
- 2.561km E of Big Pine, CA · 15010 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.417km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 14996 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
- 3.357 km NE of Beatty, Nevada · 14974 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci108160. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC.