M2.3 earthquake 23 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 23 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada on Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:17 AM PDT (12:17 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 25 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-09-24 12:17:36 UTC
- Depth
- 11.5 km (7.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.393° N, 114.876° W
- Region
- Nevada
- Felt reports
- 1
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was I, not felt shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.33
- Station coverage gap
- 123°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.025 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 1835 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 20
- 1.55 km N of Whitney, Nevada · 1824 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
- 1.7Nevada · 1824 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
- 1.719 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 1808 days ago · 0 km deep · 48 km away
Before
- 1.618 km NNW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 1836 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
- 1.713 km SSW of Indian Springs, Nevada · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
- 1.83 km S of Boulder City, Nevada · 1841 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 26
- 1.71 km SW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 1863 days ago · 16 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00823330. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 3:07 PM UTC.