Quake rattles Beatty
Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2000 | 11:10 a.m.
A minor earthquake struck in the desert near Beatty on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The temblor was measured at 2.4 magnitude by the USGS and occurred at 8:06 a.m. about 40 miles northwest of Beatty, according to the USGS website and the University of Nevada, Reno website.
The earthquake site was about 50 miles from Yucca Mountain.
Sheriff's departments in Esmeralda or Nye counties had no reports of damage, according to dispatchers.
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