Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Bunkerville, NV
No earthquake was likely felt in Bunkerville in the 24 hours to 11:32 pm PST (07:32 UTC). The last one was M 4.4, 111 km (69 mi) WNW, at 8:06 am PDT on 29 April 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 114 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Bunkerville
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 17 km (10 mi) west-southwest of Bunkerville, NV, at 12:51 pm PST on 24 February 2026 (20:51 UTC), 16 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 16 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada
- When
- 12:51 pm PST on 24 February 2026 ()
- Where
- 17 km (10 mi) west-southwest of Bunkerville, NV · earthquakes near Bunkerville
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 16 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Clark County, 85 km SW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 261 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 Bunkerville, 17 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Moapa Valley, Mesquite, Moapa Town, Scenic.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 8.4 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 1,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.4 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
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 36.7274, -114.3065. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark County, NV | 85 km (53 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Clark County |
| Washington County, UT | 94 km (58 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Washington County |
| Lincoln County, NV | 112 km (70 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Lincoln County |
| Mohave County, AZ | 123 km (76 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Mohave County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 19 km SW of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.7 29 km NNE of Moapa Town, Nevada
- 1.7 15 km NNE of Moapa Valley, Nevada
- 1.5 48 km N of Moapa Town, 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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