QuakeIndex

Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change

M 2.5ml

20 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada

Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 20 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada, 72 km (45 mi) NW of Las Vegas, NV, at 3:16 am PDT on 5 June 2021 (10:16 UTC), 16 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

72 km (45 mi) NW of Las Vegas, NV

· 16 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 89 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
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Clark County, 89 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Rock Valley fault, 13 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1907 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 16 km (10 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 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 250 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 53 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 5.9 64 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 5.9 63 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 44 km NNW of this epicentre
  4. 5.9 66 km ENE of Beatty, Nevada · 47 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.8 65 km SSW of Rachel, Nevada · 48 km NNW 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 36.7281, -115.7788. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clark County, NV 89 km (55 mi) SE earthquakes near Clark County
Lincoln County, NV 129 km (80 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. 2.2 51 km ESE of Beatty, Nevada
  2. 2.4 30 km NNW of Pahrump, Nevada
  3. 1.7 25 km NNE of Pahrump, Nevada
  4. 1.5 18 km NNE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  5. 1.5 26 km NNE of Pahrump, Nevada
  6. 1.6 39 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  7. 1.5 38 km NW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  8. 1.5 40 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
  9. 1.8 50 km SW of Alamo, Nevada
  10. 1.9 29 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  11. 1.9 30 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  12. 1.6 51 km ENE of Furnace Creek, California
  13. 1.7 9 km WNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
  14. 2.1 36 km NE of Indian Springs, Nevada
  15. 1.6 58 km N 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.