M2.5 earthquake 61 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 61 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada on Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 9:26 AM PDT (16:26 UTC), 12 km (8 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 33 km WNW of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.23 · 25 stations
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.23 · 25 stations

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 14 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00643206 (also filed as us2000fyby). Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC.