Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Las Vegas, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Las Vegas in the 24 hours to 7:45 am PST (15:45 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 1.5 earthquake was recorded 38 km (23 mi) west-northwest of Las Vegas, NV, at 11:54 am PST on 23 December 2024 (19:54 UTC), 14 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 8 km E of Mount Charleston, Nevada
26 km (16 mi) W of Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 11:54 am PST on 23 December 2024 ()
- Where
- 38 km (23 mi) west-northwest of Las Vegas, NV · earthquakes near Las Vegas
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 48 km E
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 689 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Las Vegas, 38 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 32,000 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 36.2454, -115.5485. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 48 km (30 mi) | E | earthquakes near Clark County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 11 km WNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.6 8 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 3.8 11 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 2.0 9 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.7 14 km S of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.5 1 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada
- 1.9 10 km NNE of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.7 3 km W of Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2.1 9 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada
- 1.7 7 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.8 2 km ESE of Spring Valley, Nevada
- 1.6 8 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.5 5 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.9 5 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada
- 1.6 6 km SSW of Blue Diamond, 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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