M1.6 earthquake 46 km E of Beatty, Nevada

Magnitude

1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro

Magnitude from

Nevada Seismological Laboratory

Local time

Wed, Nov 27, 2002, 7:57 AM PST

UTC

2002-11-27 15:57:38 UTC

Depth

0.4 km (0.2 mi), shallow

Epicenter

36.948° N, 116.237° W

Region

Nevada

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Station coverage gap

70°

Stations used

24

• Beatty, NevadaPopulation 1,010. Forecast47 kmE
• Pahrump, NevadaPopulation 36,441. Forecast85 kmNNW
• Spring Valley, NevadaPopulation 178,395. Forecast129 kmNW
• Los Angeles, CaliforniaPopulation 3,820,914. Forecast370 kmNNE

After

1. 1.735 km S of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Nov 27, 11:49 PM PST · 8712 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.636 km SSW of Alamo, NevadaThu, Nov 28, 10:25 PM PST · 8711 days ago · 0 km deep · 86 km away
3. 1.938 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Nov 29, 4:28 PM PST · 8711 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
4. 2.938 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Nov 29, 6:46 PM PST · 8710 days ago · 13 km deep · 91 km away
5. 1.538 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Nov 29, 6:59 PM PST · 8710 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
6. 2.338 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Nov 30, 1:56 PM PST · 8710 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
7. 1.552 km WNW of Indian Springs, NevadaSat, Nov 30, 2:12 PM PST · 8710 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
8. 3.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 2:40 AM PST · 8708 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.537 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 3:53 AM PST · 8708 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
10. 1.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 3:58 AM PST · 8708 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 9:26 AM PST · 8708 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
12. 1.534 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 12:56 PM PST · 8708 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
13. 1.936 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 2, 7:41 PM PST · 8707 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
14. 1.934 km S of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Dec 5, 12:57 AM PST · 8705 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
15. 2.134 km S of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Dec 5, 2:39 PM PST · 8705 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
16. 1.534 km S of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Dec 6, 3:37 AM PST · 8704 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
17. 1.735 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 8, 9:00 AM PST · 8702 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
18. 1.534 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 8, 11:06 PM PST · 8701 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
19. 1.837 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 9, 4:59 PM PST · 8701 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
20. 1.524 km ENE of Furnace Creek, CaliforniaTue, Dec 10, 4:27 PM PST · 8700 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
21. 2.0California-Nevada border regionWed, Dec 11, 6:29 AM PST · 8699 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
22. 1.934 km S of Goldfield, NevadaWed, Dec 11, 5:51 PM PST · 8698 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
23. 1.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Dec 14, 7:21 PM PST · 8695 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
24. 1.635 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 15, 8:55 AM PST · 8695 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
25. 1.738 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 15, 1:34 PM PST · 8695 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
26. 1.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 16, 1:23 AM PST · 8694 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
27. 1.936 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 16, 4:18 AM PST · 8694 days ago · 12 km deep · 92 km away
28. 1.638 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Dec 17, 7:15 AM PST · 8693 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
29. 1.746 km ESE of Beatty, NevadaFri, Dec 20, 4:09 PM PST · 8690 days ago · 11 km deep · 29 km away
30. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Dec 20, 6:51 PM PST · 8689 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
31. 1.638 km WNW of Rachel, NevadaSat, Dec 21, 3:42 AM PST · 8689 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
32. 2.035 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Dec 21, 2:34 PM PST · 8689 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
33. 1.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 22, 11:33 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
34. 2.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Dec 22, 11:36 PM PST · 8687 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
35. 1.635 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Dec 23, 5:58 PM PST · 8686 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
36. 1.99 km NNW of Indian Springs, NevadaTue, Dec 24, 4:54 AM PST · 8686 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
37. 1.936 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Dec 24, 4:35 PM PST · 8686 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
38. 2.09 km N of Indian Springs, NevadaTue, Dec 24, 6:11 PM PST · 8685 days ago · 16 km deep · 59 km away
39. 1.846 km ESE of Beatty, NevadaSat, Dec 28, 7:41 AM PST · 8682 days ago · 13 km deep · 28 km away
40. 1.837 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaThu, Jan 2, 1:01 PM PST · 8677 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
41. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jan 3, 3:53 AM PST · 8676 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
42. 1.535 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Jan 3, 9:43 PM PST · 8675 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
43. 1.539 km SSW of Alamo, NevadaSat, Jan 11, 2:58 PM PST · 8668 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
44. 2.121 km S of Alamo, NevadaSun, Jan 12, 6:47 AM PST · 8667 days ago · 0 km deep · 95 km away
45. 2.18km NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CATue, Jan 21, 5:08 AM PST · 8658 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
46. 1.536 km NW of Furnace Creek, CaliforniaThu, Jan 23, 1:55 PM PST · 8656 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
47. 2.334 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, NevadaFri, Jan 24, 8:12 AM PST · 8655 days ago · 0 km deep · 100 km away

Before

1. 1.735 km S of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Nov 26, 9:31 PM PST · 8713 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
2. 1.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Nov 26, 9:12 PM PST · 8713 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
3. 2.035 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaTue, Nov 26, 9:49 AM PST · 8714 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
4. 1.635 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 10:37 PM PST · 8714 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
5. 2.635 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 7:57 PM PST · 8714 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
6. 1.636 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 1:31 PM PST · 8715 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
7. 2.535 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 12:27 PM PST · 8715 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
8. 2.035 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 12:27 PM PST · 8715 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
9. 1.635 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 12:16 AM PST · 8715 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
10. 1.536 km S of Goldfield, NevadaMon, Nov 25, 12:04 AM PST · 8715 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
11. 1.735 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Nov 24, 11:56 PM PST · 8715 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
12. 3.235 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Nov 24, 11:51 PM PST · 8715 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
13. 4.136 km S of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Nov 24, 4:03 PM PST · 8716 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
14. 1.539 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSat, Nov 23, 5:23 PM PST · 8716 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
15. 1.839 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaSun, Nov 17, 8:33 AM PST · 8723 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
16. 1.640 km SSE of Goldfield, NevadaFri, Nov 15, 9:45 AM PST · 8725 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
17. 1.646 km ESE of Beatty, NevadaThu, Nov 14, 3:15 AM PST · 8726 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
18. 1.648 km ESE of Beatty, NevadaFri, Nov 1, 1:23 AM PST · 8739 days ago · 3 km deep · 27 km away
19. 2.252 km WSW of Rachel, NevadaMon, Oct 28, 11:14 AM PST · 8743 days ago · 15 km deep · 64 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00059772. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.