The June 25, 1986 earthquake
M5.5near Beatty, Nevada
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake 0.0 miles deep, centred in Nye County. The 37th strongest in Nevada’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles since a magnitude 5.7 on April 2, 1985.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5
- body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 0.0 mi
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Local time
- Wednesday, June 25, 1986
- 13:27 PDT; 20:27 UTC
- In Nevada’s record
- 37th
- strongest of 8,110 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event usp0002vdk (“45 km NNE of Beatty, Nevada”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Nye CountyNV · inside
- Inyo CountyCA · 40.0 mi
- Esmeralda CountyNV · 42.0 mi
- Clark CountyNV · 44.2 mi
- Lincoln CountyNV · 44.2 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
355 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
Earlier earthquakes of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles, strongest first
- February 28, 1975M5.7
- April 2, 1985M5.7
- November 7, 1910M5.5
- March 26, 1983M5.1
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.