Earthquake near Mesquite, NV

USGS: 30 km S of Scenic, Arizona

4:48 pm PDT, Mar 25, 2025 · 2025-03-25 23:48 UTC · 6.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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When: 4:48 pm PDT on 25 March 2025 (2025-03-25 23:48 UTC)
Where: 32 km (20 mi) SSE of Mesquite, NV · earthquakes near Mesquite
Magnitude: M 2.6 (ml)
Depth: 6.0 km below the surface
Felt: no reports yet
Nearest: Mohave County, 92 km SSE
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS 491 days ago · we first saw it 491 days ago

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) SSE of Mesquite, NV, at 4:48 pm PDT on 25 March 2025 (23:48 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 2022-09-19 — about 500 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

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Epicentre 36.5197, -113.9955. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

Place	Distance	Direction from the epicentre
Mohave County, AZ	92 km (57 mi)	SSE	earthquakes near Mohave County
Washington County, UT	94 km (58 mi)	NNE	earthquakes near Washington County
Clark County, NV	97 km (60 mi)	WSW	earthquakes near Clark County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

1.7 15 km NNE of Moapa Valley, Nevada 07:41 UTC
1.6 16 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada 20:51 UTC
1.8 8 km E of Moapa Town, Nevada 13:06 UTC
2.2 3 km WSW of Mesquite, Nevada 20:38 UTC
1.7 25 km E of Moapa Valley, Nevada 15:36 UTC
1.8 12 km ESE of Scenic, Arizona 20:43 UTC
1.6 19 km E of Littlefield, Arizona 12:00 UTC
2.2 33 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada 18:52 UTC
1.5 29 km SSE of Scenic, Arizona 05:39 UTC
2.3 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona 13:48 UTC
3.4 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona 12:40 UTC
2.3 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona 14:40 UTC
1.9 31 km S of Scenic, Arizona 09:57 UTC
1.7 32 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada 06:16 UTC
3.8 31 km SSE of Bunkerville, Nevada 05:54 UTC

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of 01:35 UTC. 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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