Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 58 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 58 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada on Tue, Sep 28, 2021, 12:18 AM PDT (07:18 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

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

A larger quake followed: M2.9 37 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Local time
UTC
2021-09-28 07:18:47 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
37.087° N, 116.144° 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
±0.65
Station coverage gap
62°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 47 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.345 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1832 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  2. 1.937 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1826 days ago · 4 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 2.137 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  5. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  6. 2.235 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 2.1California-Nevada border region · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  8. 2.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  9. 1.538 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 1.638 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  12. 1.837 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 12 km deep · 94 km away
  13. 2.037 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 2.937 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.036 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  16. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 2.836 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  18. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.236 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  21. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  22. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  23. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 2 km deep · 94 km away
  24. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  25. 2.437 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 1.537 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1825 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
  27. 1.737 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  28. 1.937 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  29. 2.336 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1823 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  30. 1.540 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1823 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1822 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 1.637 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 1.740 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1816 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  34. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1815 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  35. 2.340 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 11 km deep · 40 km away
  36. 2.337 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1813 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  37. 2.215 km SW of Hiko, Nevada · 1809 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  38. 1.5Nevada · 1808 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  39. 1.838 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  40. 1.738 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  41. 1.540 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada · 1803 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  42. 1.825 km WNW of Rachel, Nevada · 1794 days ago · 14 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.736 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1794 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  44. 1.536 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1794 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  45. 1.636 km SSE of Goldfield, Nevada · 1794 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
  46. 2.019km NE of Furnace Creek, CA · 1790 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.526 km SE of Rachel, Nevada · 1772 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away

Before

  1. 2.545 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1832 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 1.713 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00823816. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 7:00 AM UTC.