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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Las Vegas, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Las Vegas in the 24 hours to 2:15 pm PST (22:15 UTC). The last one was M 3.8, 26 km (16 mi) W, at 1:47 pm PDT on 4 June 2026, estimated intensity III (weak) in town; 3,797 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Las Vegas
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 27 km (17 mi) west-southwest of Las Vegas, NV, at 6:35 am PDT on 20 July 2023 (13:35 UTC), 6.8 km deep.
USGS: Nevada
20 km (12 mi) SW of Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 6:35 am PDT on 20 July 2023 ()
- Where
- 27 km (17 mi) west-southwest of Las Vegas, NV · earthquakes near Las Vegas
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 39 km ENE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1210 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Las Vegas, 27 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). 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: Summerlin South, Spring Valley, Enterprise, Paradise, Winchester, North Las Vegas.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 22,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
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 36.1126, -115.4271. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 39 km (24 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Clark County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 2 km NW of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.7 15 km NW of Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1.7 2 km WNW of Whitney, Nevada
- 1.5 2 km NNW of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.6 11 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 1.8 7 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada
- 2.0 27 km E of Goodsprings, Nevada
- 1.7 12 km NNE of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.7 11 km SE of Indian Springs, 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
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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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