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M 2.2ml
Earthquake near Nellis Air Force Base, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Nellis Air Force Base in the 24 hours to 6:49 am PST (14:49 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 2.2 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, NV, at 12:39 am PST on 11 February 2026 (08:39 UTC), 1.8 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 26 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada
42 km (26 mi) NNW of Las Vegas, NV
- When
- 12:39 am PST on 11 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) northwest of Nellis Air Force Base, NV · earthquakes near Nellis Air Force Base
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 54 km SE
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 275 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Nellis Air Force Base, 49 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 4.4 on 2024-08-14 — about 1,800 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 36.6025, -115.3780. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 54 km (34 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Lincoln County, NV | 124 km (77 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
56 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 9 km ENE of Mount Charleston, Nevada
- 1.7 25 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 2.4 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 14 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.7 27 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 1.6 13 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.7 11 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
- 1.9 18 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
- 2.5 17 km NNE of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 45 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada
- 2.7 17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 2.1 17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 1.7 17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 17 km NNW of Indian Springs, Nevada
- 1.6 18 km NNW of Indian Springs, 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.
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