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M 2.1ml

19 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 19 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada, 70 km (43 mi) NW of Las Vegas, NV, at 6:37 pm PDT on 2 June 2021 (01:37 UTC), 14 km deep.

70 km (43 mi) NW of Las Vegas, NV

· 14 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 87 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Rock Valley fault, 16 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 1989 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. 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.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 4.1 on 2017-07-17 — about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 46 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 49 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 64 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 63 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 46 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 48 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 65 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada · 50 km NW 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 36.7343, -115.7347. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clark County, NV 87 km (54 mi) SE earthquakes near Clark County
Lincoln County, NV 126 km (79 mi) NE earthquakes near Lincoln County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 33 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  2. 1.5 29 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  3. 2.2 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  4. 2.4 30 km NNW of Pahrump, Nevada
  5. 1.7 25 km NNE of Pahrump, Nevada
  6. 1.5 18 km NNE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.5 26 km NNE of Pahrump, Nevada
  8. 1.6 39 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  9. 1.5 38 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  10. 1.5 40 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
  11. 1.8 50 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
  12. 1.9 29 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  13. 1.9 30 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  14. 1.7 9 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  15. 2.1 36 km NE of Indian Springs, 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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