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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Nellis Air Force Base, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Nellis Air Force Base in the 24 hours to 12:34 pm PST (20:34 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 34 km (21 mi) WSW, at 1:47 pm PDT on 4 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 3,797 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Nellis Air Force Base
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) east of Nellis Air Force Base, NV, at 1:33 pm PST on 29 December 2022 (21:33 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 8 km E of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
27 km (17 mi) E of Las Vegas, NV · 13 km (8 mi) ESE of North Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 1:33 pm PST on 29 December 2022 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) east of Nellis Air Force Base, NV · earthquakes near Nellis Air Force Base
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Clark County, 6 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1414 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 12 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Nellis Air Force Base, 9 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: Sunrise Manor, North Las Vegas, Whitney, Las Vegas, Winchester, Henderson.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- 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:
- 5.0 1 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 33 km SSE 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 36.2399, -114.9587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 6 km (4 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Mohave County, AZ | 123 km (77 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Mohave County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 27 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 1.6 11 km ENE of Henderson, Nevada
- 1.6 10 km SW of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.6 9 km NE of Whitney, Nevada
- 1.7 16 km NNE of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.5 1 km WNW of Spring Valley, Nevada
- 1.9 17 km NW of North Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1.6 10 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.7 9 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada
- 2.1 9 km NW of Blue Diamond, Nevada
- 1.6 8 km SSE of Paradise, Nevada
- 1.7 9 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada
- 1.6 8 km SSW of Henderson, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 2.0 4 km SW of Enterprise, 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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