M1.7 earthquake 45 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 45 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Mon, Feb 22, 2021, 3:55 PM PST (23:55 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-02-22 23:55:10 UTC
- Depth
- 8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.706° N, 116.310° 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.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.36
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 38
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.343 km SE of Beatty, Nevada · 2047 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.6California-Nevada border region · 2037 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.851 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 2026 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.533 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
- 2.133 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 0 km deep · 85 km away
- 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 2014 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
- 3.552 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 1.852 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 11 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.452 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.651 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.814 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
- 1.551 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00801003. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.