M2.6 earthquake 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Sat, Apr 17, 2021, 11:00 AM PDT (18:00 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

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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
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Preliminary
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.03 · 144 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00805261 (also filed as us6000e2fa). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.