Nevada earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 52 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 4:56 AM PDT (11:56 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-04-17 11:56:39 UTC
Depth
10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.659° N, 116.264° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Station coverage gap
118°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 17 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.452 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.651 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.814 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  4. 1.551 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1990 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.552 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 1.751 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1980 days ago · 0 km deep · 13 km away
  7. 2.517km ENE of Shoshone, CA · 1974 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 1.915 km SW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 2.151 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1966 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.648 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  11. 1.851 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.719 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1951 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  13. 1.919 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1949 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 2.519 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.119 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 2.520 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  17. 1.724 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1938 days ago · 12 km deep · 29 km away

Before

  1. 3.552 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  2. 2.133 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.533 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 2022 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00805240. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 7:54 AM UTC.