M1.5 earthquake 44 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 44 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Fri, Jan 3, 2025, 10:56 PM PST (06:56 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 52 km SE 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
- 1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2025-01-04 06:56:21 UTC
- Depth
- 8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.735° N, 116.307° 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
- ±0.46
- Station coverage gap
- 77°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.633 km WSW of Alamo, Nevada · 632 days ago · 0 km deep · 92 km away
- 1.747 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 609 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
- 1.523 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada · 605 days ago · 11 km deep · 70 km away
- 1.835 km NW of Furnace Creek, California · 605 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
- 2.152 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 600 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.752 km SE of Beatty, Nevada · 599 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.052 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 599 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 1.955 km N of Indian Springs, Nevada · 638 days ago · 12 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.730 km NW of Furnace Creek, California · 645 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.58 km E of Mount Charleston, Nevada · 648 days ago · 14 km deep · 87 km away
- 1.529 km NW of Furnace Creek, California · 650 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
- 1.930 km NW of Furnace Creek, California · 656 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
- 1.551 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada · 659 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.514 km N of Beatty, Nevada · 664 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.514 km SW of Rachel, Nevada · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00891377. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:26 PM UTC.