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M 2.6ml

32 km SSE of Moapa Valley, Nevada

· 0.9 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
0.9 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Clark County, 59 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1093 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 36.3016, -114.3615. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clark County, NV 59 km (37 mi) E of here earthquakes near Clark County
Mohave County, AZ 85 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mohave County
Washington County, UT 132 km (82 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 18 km NE of Henderson, Nevada
  2. 1.6 16 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada
  3. 1.7 25 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada
  4. 1.9 17 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada
  5. 1.8 8 km E of Moapa Town, Nevada
  6. 1.8 18 km E of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  7. 1.7 25 km E of Moapa Valley, Nevada
  8. 1.9 10 km NW of Meadview, Arizona
  9. 2.2 7 km WNW of Meadview, Arizona
  10. 2.2 33 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada
  11. 1.7 24 km E of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  12. 3.3 24 km ENE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
  13. 1.5 29 km SSE of Scenic, Arizona
  14. 2.3 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona
  15. 3.4 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona

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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