Nevada earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 16 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 16 km WSW of Bunkerville, Nevada on Tue, Feb 24, 2026, 12:51 PM PST (20:51 UTC), 16 km (10 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 31 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-02-24 20:51:12 UTC
Depth
16.0 km (9.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.727° N, 114.307° W
Region
Nevada
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.48
Station coverage gap
311°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
11

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 23 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.548 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada · 216 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 1.627 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 213 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  3. 1.95 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 210 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  4. 1.930 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 209 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 3.131 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 208 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.75 km ENE of Whitney, Nevada · 203 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 2.618 km SE of Alamo, Nevada · 201 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 1.529 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 200 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.636 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 199 days ago · 16 km deep · 66 km away
  10. 1.818 km NE of Henderson, Nevada · 197 days ago · 1 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 1.624 km S of Caliente, Nevada · 195 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  12. 2.219 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 194 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.73 km W of Las Vegas, Nevada · 189 days ago · 15 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.634 km SW of Caliente, Nevada · 187 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.631 km N of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 187 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.913 km SSW of Enterprise, Utah · 185 days ago · 3 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.68 km N of Boulder City, Nevada · 182 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  18. 1.649 km N of Moapa Town, Nevada · 180 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.430 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 178 days ago · 12 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 1.817 km ENE of Boulder City, Nevada · 176 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  21. 1.831 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 176 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  22. 1.715 km NNE of Moapa Valley, Nevada · 171 days ago · 13 km deep · 9 km away
  23. 1.51 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 161 days ago · 14 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 1.813 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 219 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away
  2. 1.612 km NE of Moapa Town, Nevada · 219 days ago · 16 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 3.029 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 219 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  4. 1.947 km ESE of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 15 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.532 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 3.431 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 12 km deep · 98 km away
  7. 3.730 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 220 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.83 km WSW of Boulder City, Nevada · 222 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 1.616 km SSW of Caliente, Nevada · 224 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 2.226 km E of Indian Springs, Nevada · 231 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  11. 1.72 km WNW of Whitney, Nevada · 232 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.628 km NNE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 238 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.614 km NE of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 239 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.611 km NNW of Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada · 239 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.725 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 244 days ago · 0 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.917 km NE of Boulder City, Nevada · 245 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  17. 2.331 km SSW of Alamo, Nevada · 246 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.533 km W of Veyo, Utah · 246 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
  19. 1.737 km SSE of Caliente, Nevada · 247 days ago · 13 km deep · 64 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00911170. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 5:32 PM UTC.