M3.2 earthquake 27 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck 27 km NNW of Beatty, Nevada on Tue, Jul 30, 1985, 8:04 AM PDT (15:04 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.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.2 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-07-30 15:04:23 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 37.142° N, 116.873° 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
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 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.520km NW of Beatty, NV · 15029 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 2.316km NNW of Beatty, NV · 15025 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.010 km SSW of Goldfield, Nevada · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
- 2.548km S of Tonopah, NV · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.019 km SW of Goldfield, Nevada · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.651km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.848km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15006 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
- 3.251km SSW of Tonopah, NV · 15006 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.461km E of Big Pine, CA · 15004 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.561km E of Big Pine, CA · 15003 days ago · 5 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.417km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 14990 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002h7r. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 4:21 AM UTC.