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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Enterprise, NV

No earthquake was likely felt in Enterprise in the 24 hours to 8:55 am PST (16:55 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 10 km (6 mi) SSE, at 1:03 pm PDT on 29 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Enterprise

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) southeast of Enterprise, NV, at 2:51 pm PDT on 24 March 2026 (21:51 UTC), 3.5 km deep. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.

USGS: 9 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada

15 km (9 mi) WSW of Henderson, NV

2:51 pm PDT, Mar 24, 2026 · · 3.5 km deep · released about 44 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clark County 32 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
2:51 pm PDT on 24 March 2026 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) southeast of Enterprise, NV · earthquakes near Enterprise
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Clark County, 32 km NNE
Status
Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 233 days ago

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 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. In Enterprise, 9 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: Paradise, Spring Valley, Winchester, Henderson, Whitney, Summerlin South.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 44 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 340,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 240,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 44 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 one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:

  1. 5.0 1 km SE of Boulder City, Nevada · 33 km E 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 35.9602, -115.1811. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Clark County, NV 32 km (20 mi) NNE earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 12 km SSE of Mount Charleston, Nevada
  2. 1.5 12 km ESE of Enterprise, Nevada
  3. 1.7 15 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada
  4. 1.6 14 km N of Summerlin South, Nevada
  5. 2.0 9 km SSE of Enterprise, Nevada
  6. 2.6 7 km SW of Nelson, Nevada
  7. 2.3 11 km WSW of Henderson, Nevada
  8. 1.6 13 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  9. 1.7 11 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada
  10. 2.3 19 km S of Henderson, Nevada
  11. 1.6 3 km E of Spring Valley, Nevada
  12. 1.6 7 km SSW of Enterprise, Nevada
  13. 1.8 5 km E of Enterprise, Nevada
  14. 1.6 5 km NNE of Boulder City, Nevada
  15. 1.7 3 km ENE 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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