Location:

Period:

9 Feb 2008 23:48:27 - 12 Feb 2008 06:56:31 (2 days 7 hours 8 minutes)

Volcanoes in 100km radius:

Ubehebe Craters(97km)

Earthquakes:

41 swarms found nearby.

2000

S20000510.1(22.4km)

9 May

3 days 11 hours

40 earthquakes

S20000909.1(26.5km)

9 Sep

5 days 12 hours

111 earthquakes

2002

S20020104.1(27.5km)

3 Jan

3 days 1 hours

61 earthquakes

S20020120.1(29.3km)

19 Jan

7 days 17 hours

99 earthquakes

S20020130.1(29.3km)

29 Jan

1 day 2 hours

27 earthquakes

S20020526.1(28.0km)

25 May

12 days 2 hours

136 earthquakes

S20020614.1(27.5km)

13 Jun

36 days 2 hours

1659 earthquakes

S20020705.1(13.5km)

4 Jul

2 days 0 hours

33 earthquakes

S20020720.1(27.9km)

19 Jul

89 days 17 hours

1357 earthquakes

S20021204.1(28.1km)

3 Dec

7 days 15 hours

89 earthquakes

2003

S20030525.1(29.3km)

24 May

4 days 16 hours

88 earthquakes

S20031117.1(27.1km)

16 Nov

1 day 14 hours

32 earthquakes

2005

S20050622.1(6.9km)

22 Jun

2 days 17 hours

137 earthquakes

S20050710.1(10.3km)

10 Jul

22 hours

33 earthquakes

S20051019.1(28.5km)

18 Oct

4 days 12 hours

59 earthquakes

S20051107.1(29.6km)

6 Nov

2 days 19 hours

69 earthquakes

S20051208.1(23.8km)

7 Dec

2 days 17 hours

123 earthquakes

2007

S20070623.1(27.6km)

23 Jun

1 day 6 hours

40 earthquakes

2008

S20080127.2(14.0km)

26 Jan

1 day 14 hours

32 earthquakes

S20080515.1(29.6km)

14 May

6 days 3 hours

70 earthquakes

S20080614.2(26.4km)

14 Jun

3 days 1 hours

42 earthquakes

S20080922.2(28.7km)

21 Sep

9 days 14 hours

133 earthquakes

S20081005.1(27.2km)

5 Oct

27 days 12 hours

359 earthquakes

2009

S20090109.1(27.8km)

8 Jan

3 days 17 hours

48 earthquakes

S20090314.1(28.7km)

14 Mar

6 days 18 hours

105 earthquakes

S20090430.1(5.7km)

29 Apr

4 days 8 hours

203 earthquakes

S20090701.1(24.4km)

30 Jun

8 days 13 hours

88 earthquakes

S20090726.2(26.6km)

25 Jul

29 days 18 hours

381 earthquakes

S20091114.1(13.6km)

13 Nov

4 days 10 hours

95 earthquakes

S20091205.1(29.3km)

4 Dec

2 days 7 hours

34 earthquakes

2010

S20100202.1(27.9km)

1 Feb

3 days 5 hours

44 earthquakes

S20100212.2(27.4km)

12 Feb

7 days 8 hours

89 earthquakes

2012

S20120601.1(29.1km)

31 May

5 days 2 hours

101 earthquakes

S20120604.1(20.8km)

3 Jun

1 day 2 hours

28 earthquakes

S20120616.1(21.0km)

15 Jun

5 days 20 hours

98 earthquakes

2013

S20130518.1(6.2km)

17 May

1 day 16 hours

45 earthquakes

2014

S20140416.1(24.1km)

16 Apr

1 day 19 hours

32 earthquakes

2015

S20150907.1(26.6km)

6 Sep

1 day 10 hours

26 earthquakes

S20151017.1(29.5km)

16 Oct

2 days 3 hours

47 earthquakes

2016

S20160228.1(26.5km)

27 Feb

1 day 4 hours

38 earthquakes

2025

S20250730.2(27.3km)

29 Jul

2 days 0 hours

60 earthquakes

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Seismic Swarm S20080210.1 Near Beatty, Nevada

An earthquake swarm designated S20080210.1 was recorded in the region 44 km east-southeast of Beatty, Nevada. The sequence began at 23:48 UTC on 9 February 2008 and concluded at 06:56 UTC on 12 February 2008, spanning 55 hours and 8 minutes. During this period, 40 events were registered, with magnitudes ranging from -0.3 to 0.5 and focal depths primarily between 5 km and 15 km.

The swarm exhibited a typical pattern of low-magnitude, closely spaced events clustered over a short timeframe. Initial activity on 9 February included a single event at magnitude 0.0. The following day saw the highest frequency of detections, concentrated between 09:00 and 17:00 UTC, with repeated events at depths of 7–9 km. Activity tapered on 11 February before two final events on 12 February at greater depths of 11–15 km.

This event fits within a documented pattern of seismic swarms in the area. Since 1 January 2000, nineteen swarms have occurred in the same locale, distributed across the years 2000 (two swarms), 2002 (eight), 2003 (two), 2005 (five), 2007 (one), and 2008 (one). Such recurrent swarms reflect ongoing tectonic processes rather than isolated mainshock-aftershock sequences.

The Beatty region lies within the Basin and Range Province of the western United States, characterized by extensional tectonics driven by the interaction between the Pacific and North American plates. Normal and strike-slip faults accommodate crustal stretching, producing frequent small-magnitude earthquakes. Depths recorded in the swarm align with the brittle-ductile transition zone typical of this province, where most seismicity occurs between 5 km and 15 km.

Historical monitoring by regional networks confirms that Nevada experiences elevated rates of swarm activity compared with other parts of the contiguous United States, often linked to fluid migration or minor magmatic influences beneath the surface. The 2008 swarm’s parameters remain consistent with these regional characteristics.

References

United States Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program
Nevada Seismological Laboratory regional catalogs
SeismoSight internal swarm classification records