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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Enterprise, NV

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Enterprise in the last 24 hours. M 1.8, 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Enterprise, at 2:12 pm PST on 12 November 2026 (22:12 UTC); the estimated shaking in Enterprise was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Enterprise

This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 17 km (11 mi) southeast of Enterprise, NV, at 8:25 am PST on 2 March 2019 (16:25 UTC), 8.0 km deep.

USGS: 17 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada

13 km (8 mi) SW of Henderson, NV

8:25 am PST, Mar 2, 2019 · · 8.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 34 km
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
8:25 am PST on 2 March 2019 ()
Where
17 km (11 mi) southeast of Enterprise, NV · earthquakes near Enterprise
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
8.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 34 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2812 days ago

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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Enterprise, 17 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.

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

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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

No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 1 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 27 km ENE of this epicentre

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 35.9160, -115.1057. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clark County, NV 34 km (21 mi) NNE earthquakes near Clark County
San Bernardino County, CA 153 km (95 mi) SW earthquakes near San Bernardino County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 19 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  2. 1.7 Nevada
  3. 1.5 5 km N of Whitney, Nevada
  4. 1.6 18 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  5. 1.8 3 km S of Boulder City, Nevada
  6. 1.7 1 km SW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  7. 2.1 13 km S of Henderson, Nevada
  8. 2.8 Nevada
  9. 1.6 12 km WNW of Las Vegas, Nevada
  10. 1.7 5 km WSW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  11. 1.7 7 km N of Spring Valley, Nevada
  12. 1.6 18 km NW of North Las Vegas, Nevada
  13. 1.7 7 km NE of Searchlight, Nevada
  14. 1.6 15 km NW of Las Vegas, Nevada
  15. 1.7 16 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada

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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