Nevada earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Sun, May 16, 2021, 12:44 AM PDT (07:44 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.5 19 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-05-16 07:44:12 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.675° N, 116.263° 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.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.37
Station coverage gap
133°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.648 km NW of Beatty, Nevada · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.851 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1952 days ago · 0 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.719 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1950 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 1.919 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1949 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 2.519 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1949 days ago · 12 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.119 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1948 days ago · 14 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 2.520 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1946 days ago · 16 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.724 km W of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1937 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.618 km NW of North Las Vegas, Nevada · 1925 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  10. 1.749 km NNW of Pahrump, Nevada · 1911 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.457 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1910 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away

Before

  1. 1.915 km SW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1972 days ago · 16 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 2.517km ENE of Shoshone, CA · 1974 days ago · 3 km deep · 74 km away
  3. 1.751 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1980 days ago · 0 km deep · 11 km away
  4. 1.552 km ESE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1982 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  5. 1.551 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1989 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  6. 1.814 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 2.651 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1994 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.452 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.852 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 11 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 3.552 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 1995 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00807323. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:01 AM UTC.