Earthquake near Enterprise, NV

USGS: California-Nevada border region

30 km (19 mi) S of Las Vegas, NV · 18 km (11 mi) WSW of Henderson, NV

3:17 pm PDT, Oct 4, 2018 · 2018-10-04 22:17 UTC · 0.0 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Enterprise Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area

Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.

When: 3:17 pm PDT on 4 October 2018 (2018-10-04 22:17 UTC)
Where: 7 km (4 mi) SSE of Enterprise, NV · earthquakes near Enterprise
Magnitude: M 2.0 (ml)
Depth: 0.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Clark County, 33 km NNE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 2920 days ago · we first saw it 2920 days ago

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) SSE of Enterprise, NV, at 3:17 pm PDT on 4 October 2018 (22:17 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Paradise, Spring Valley, Summerlin South, Winchester, Whitney, Henderson.

USGS catalogues this as explosion, not an earthquake.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Map loads when it scrolls into view

Epicentre 35.9667, -115.2157. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Clark County, NV	33 km (20 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Clark County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

46 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

2.5 Nevada 03:06 UTC
1.5 13 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada 02:57 UTC
1.6 15 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada 02:35 UTC
1.6 5 km SE of Henderson, Nevada 13:07 UTC
1.9 14 km ENE of Boulder City, Nevada 22:55 UTC
1.5 19 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada 22:08 UTC
1.7 19 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada 19:56 UTC
1.7 Nevada 21:13 UTC
1.5 5 km N of Whitney, Nevada 04:43 UTC
1.6 18 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada 21:18 UTC
1.8 3 km S of Boulder City, Nevada 03:04 UTC
1.7 1 km SW of Summerlin South, Nevada 15:10 UTC
2.1 13 km S of Henderson, Nevada 20:48 UTC
2.8 Nevada 23:53 UTC
1.6 12 km WNW of Las Vegas, Nevada 21:04 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 02:12 UTC. QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

On USGS

The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.