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M 1.8ml
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 1.8 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) south of Enterprise, NV, at 2:07 pm PDT on 4 August 2020 (21:07 UTC), 12 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 15 km S of Enterprise, Nevada
39 km (24 mi) S of Las Vegas, NV · 23 km (14 mi) SW of Henderson, NV
- When
- 2:07 pm PDT on 4 August 2020 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) south of Enterprise, NV · earthquakes near Enterprise
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 42 km NNE
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2292 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 7 km (4 mi) from the epicentre. In Enterprise, 16 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: Spring Valley, Paradise, Summerlin South, Henderson, Winchester, Whitney.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 11,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 1 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 39 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 35.8853, -115.2342. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 42 km (26 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 143 km (89 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
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 8 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.5 13 km S of Primm, NV
- 1.9 9 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 2.4 3 km ENE of Blue Diamond, Nevada
- 2.1 9 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.5 8 km E of Mount Charleston, Nevada
- 1.8 2 km NNE of Goodsprings, Nevada
- 1.5 15 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 2.2 18 km WSW of Blue Diamond, Nevada
- 2.1 8 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.6 3 km WSW of Boulder City, Nevada
- 2.1 9 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Spring Valley, Nevada
- 2.0 9 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 2.3 2 km ESE of Blue Diamond, 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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- 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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