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M 2.3ml
Earthquake near Sandy Valley, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Sandy Valley in the 24 hours to 4:34 am PST (12:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.6, 35 km (22 mi) S, at 10:28 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 4 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Sandy Valley
This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 14 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Sandy Valley, NV, at 1:43 pm PST on 22 January 2019 (21:43 UTC), 7.2 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 14 km WNW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
60 km (37 mi) SW of Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 1:43 pm PST on 22 January 2019 ()
- Where
- 14 km (9 mi) west-northwest of Sandy Valley, NV · earthquakes near Sandy Valley
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Clark County, 77 km ENE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Pahrump fault, 25 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2851 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 18 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Sandy Valley, 14 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Sandy Valley 14 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.5 on 2018-07-05 — about 2,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.8785, -115.7691. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 77 km (48 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 120 km (74 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 24 km SSW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
- 1.5 9 km NE of Sandy Valley, Nevada
- 1.7 6 km WNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.6 23 km WSW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
- 1.8 15 km S of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.5 13 km ENE of Tecopa, California
- 2.3 17km SW of Primm, NV
- 2.1 16 km SW of Primm, NV
- 1.7 8 km W of Blue Diamond, Nevada
- 1.5 25 km SW of Sandy Valley, Nevada
- 2.3 20km SW of Primm, NV
- 1.9 9km SE of Tecopa, CA
- 2.1 17km ENE of Shoshone, CA
- 2.1 11 km S of Enterprise, Nevada
- 2.1 18km SW of Primm, NV
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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