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M 1.7ml

16 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada

· 1.0 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
1.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Clark County, 32 km E
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2024 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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.

Where

Epicentre 36.2585, -115.3693. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, NV 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 18 km ESE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.6 33 km NW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  3. 2.4 15 km SW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  4. 1.5 17 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  5. 1.6 34 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  6. 2.3 2 km ESE of Blue Diamond, Nevada
  7. 1.9 12 km SE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.7 20 km ENE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.5 33 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.7 18 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
  11. 1.6 1 km WSW of Winchester, Nevada
  12. 1.6 Nevada
  13. 1.6 Nevada
  14. 1.5 19 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
  15. 2.1 22 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, 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.

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