M3.0 earthquake 50 km SE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 50 km SE of Beatty, Nevada on Wed, Jul 2, 1986, 1:10 AM PDT (08:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.1 47 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California. 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 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 1986-07-02 08:10:21 UTC
- Depth
- 6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.620° N, 116.320° 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
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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 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.428km W of Tecopa, CA · 14690 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.613km N of Stovepipe Wells, CA · 14687 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.513km S of Furnace Creek, CA · 14659 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.979km W of Alamo, NV · 14654 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.147 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California · 14641 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002vn9 (also filed as ci700640). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:22 PM UTC.