M2.5 earthquake 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 47 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada on Tue, Sep 16, 2025, 9:05 AM PDT (16:05 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 44 km SE of Beatty, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	Nevada Seismological Laboratory	Preferred · Reviewed · ±0.25 · 24 stations
2.4	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.029 · 160 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 11 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 nn00904422 (also filed as us7000qwig). Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC.