M2.4 earthquake 66km NW of Beatty, NV

Magnitude

2.4 (mc), micro

Local time

Thu, Aug 21, 1986, 9:47 PM PDT

UTC

1986-08-22 04:47:46 UTC

Depth

3.6 km (2.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

37.374° N, 117.221° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

247°, poorly surrounded by stations

Stations used

0

• Goldfield, NevadaPopulation 268. Forecast37 kmS
• Pahrump, NevadaPopulation 36,441. Forecast170 kmNW
• Visalia, CaliforniaPopulation 130,104. Forecast218 kmENE
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast381 kmNNE

After

1. 2.3California-Nevada border regionSat, Aug 23, 3:03 AM PDT · 14641 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
2. 1.9California-Nevada border regionSat, Aug 23, 4:37 AM PDT · 14641 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
3. 1.611 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 27, 3:57 AM PDT · 14637 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
4. 1.714 km ESE of Bishop, CaliforniaSat, Aug 30, 10:10 PM PDT · 14633 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
5. 1.742km ENE of Independence, CASat, Aug 30, 11:52 PM PDT · 14633 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
6. 1.718 km S of Dyer, NevadaTue, Sep 2, 10:51 AM PDT · 14630 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
7. 1.64 km ENE of Bishop, CaliforniaTue, Sep 2, 3:47 PM PDT · 14630 days ago · 13 km deep · 100 km away
8. 1.813 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Sep 3, 6:17 AM PDT · 14630 days ago · 12 km deep · 87 km away
9. 2.17 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Sep 3, 5:14 PM PDT · 14629 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
10. 1.98 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Sep 5, 9:21 AM PDT · 14627 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
11. 1.68 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Sep 5, 1:11 PM PDT · 14627 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
12. 1.68 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Sep 5, 5:44 PM PDT · 14627 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
13. 1.713 km NNE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Sep 6, 2:58 AM PDT · 14627 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
14. 1.919 km ENE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Sep 6, 7:23 AM PDT · 14626 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
15. 3.861km NNW of Beatty, NVSun, Sep 7, 5:55 AM PDT · 14626 days ago · 4 km deep · 14 km away
16. 2.013 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 7, 4:32 PM PDT · 14625 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
17. 1.98 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Sep 7, 11:31 PM PDT · 14625 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
18. 1.813 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaTue, Sep 9, 3:04 AM PDT · 14624 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
19. 1.913 km NNE of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Sep 10, 2:50 AM PDT · 14623 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
20. 1.616 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Sep 11, 7:57 AM PDT · 14621 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
21. 1.613 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Sep 13, 10:44 PM PDT · 14619 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
22. 1.813 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 14, 11:35 AM PDT · 14618 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
23. 2.014 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 14, 3:19 PM PDT · 14618 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
24. 2.619 km S of Dyer, NevadaWed, Sep 17, 5:24 AM PDT · 14616 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
25. 1.58 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaFri, Sep 19, 3:25 PM PDT · 14613 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
26. 1.67 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaFri, Sep 19, 11:37 PM PDT · 14613 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
27. 2.0California-Nevada border regionSun, Sep 21, 12:44 AM PDT · 14612 days ago · 11 km deep · 84 km away
28. 1.831km E of Lone Pine, CASun, Sep 21, 1:48 PM PDT · 14611 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
29. 1.913 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSun, Sep 21, 11:47 PM PDT · 14611 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
30. 1.69 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaMon, Sep 22, 7:16 PM PDT · 14610 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
31. 4.337 km S of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Sep 24, 7:20 AM PDT · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
32. 4.339 km S of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Sep 24, 7:35 AM PDT · 14608 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
33. 1.6California-Nevada border regionFri, Sep 26, 5:25 PM PDT · 14606 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
34. 1.74 km ENE of Bishop, CaliforniaFri, Sep 26, 5:28 PM PDT · 14606 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away
35. 1.710 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaTue, Sep 30, 12:44 AM PDT · 14603 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
36. 2.3California-Nevada border regionSat, Oct 4, 6:12 PM PDT · 14598 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
37. 1.58 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Oct 4, 8:14 PM PDT · 14598 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
38. 1.86 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Oct 11, 11:18 AM PDT · 14591 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
39. 1.711 km NNE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Oct 12, 3:44 AM PDT · 14591 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
40. 1.613 km NNE of Big Pine, CaliforniaFri, Oct 17, 10:10 AM PDT · 14585 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
41. 2.014 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSat, Oct 18, 12:50 AM PDT · 14585 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
42. 1.813 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaMon, Oct 20, 9:59 AM PDT · 14582 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away

Before

1. 1.814 km NNE of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Aug 20, 10:00 PM PDT · 14643 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
2. 2.814 km NNE of Big Pine, CaliforniaWed, Aug 20, 9:52 PM PDT · 14643 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
3. 2.06 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaWed, Aug 20, 6:26 AM PDT · 14644 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
4. 2.112 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 20, 5:43 AM PDT · 14644 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
5. 3.3California-Nevada border regionTue, Aug 19, 8:49 PM PDT · 14644 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
6. 2.58 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 17, 3:10 AM PDT · 14647 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
7. 1.77 km ENE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Aug 16, 11:43 AM PDT · 14647 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
8. 1.911 km E of Bishop, CaliforniaSat, Aug 16, 5:41 AM PDT · 14648 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
9. 1.511 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSat, Aug 16, 2:38 AM PDT · 14648 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
10. 1.914 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaFri, Aug 15, 9:21 PM PDT · 14648 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
11. 1.68 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Aug 14, 2:46 PM PDT · 14649 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
12. 1.614 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaThu, Aug 14, 11:03 AM PDT · 14649 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
13. 2.08 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 13, 10:16 PM PDT · 14650 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
14. 1.98 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 13, 4:59 PM PDT · 14650 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
15. 1.59 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 13, 2:17 AM PDT · 14651 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
16. 2.28 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaSun, Aug 10, 11:51 PM PDT · 14653 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
17. 2.314 km NE of Big Pine, CaliforniaSun, Aug 10, 10:46 PM PDT · 14653 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
18. 1.65 km ESE of Bishop, CaliforniaFri, Aug 8, 9:37 PM PDT · 14655 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.88 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaThu, Aug 7, 10:46 PM PDT · 14656 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
20. 2.28 km NE of Dixon Lane-Meadow Creek, CaliforniaWed, Aug 6, 8:37 PM PDT · 14657 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci707622. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 1:01 AM UTC.