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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Moapa Town, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Moapa Town in the 24 hours to 3:31 am PST (11:31 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 79 km (49 mi) NW, at 8:06 am PDT on 29 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 114 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Moapa Town
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 46 km (29 mi) north of Moapa Town, NV, at 12:28 pm PST on 2 January 2024 (20:28 UTC), less than 1 km deep.
USGS: 45 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada
- When
- 12:28 pm PST on 2 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 46 km (29 mi) north of Moapa Town, NV · earthquakes near Moapa Town
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 0.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lincoln County, 63 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1046 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 Moapa Town, 46 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.
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 2 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.3 37 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 23 km N of this epicentre
- 5.0 43 km SSE of Alamo, Nevada · 29 km WSW 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 37.0885, -114.6943. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County, NV | 63 km (39 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Clark County, NV | 101 km (63 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Washington County, UT | 109 km (68 mi) | E | earthquakes near Washington 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.
- 2.2 19 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.8 14 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 33 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 2.9 18 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 27 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 20 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.6 45 km NW of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 2.0 29 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.5 28 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.2 35 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 35 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.9 34 km SE of Alamo, Nevada
- 1.6 46 km S of Caliente, Nevada
- 1.9 45 km S of Caliente, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- 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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