M1.7 earthquake 14 km S of Enterprise, Nevada
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 14 km S of Enterprise, Nevada on Tue, May 5, 2026, 11:59 AM PDT (18:59 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.
A larger quake followed: M3.8 11 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- Local time
- UTC
- 2026-05-05 18:59:45 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.896° N, 115.235° 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
- ±0.57
- Station coverage gap
- 279°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.09 km SE of Enterprise, Nevada · 125 days ago · 0 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.811 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 119 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 3,797
- 1.68 km NW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 119 days ago · 0 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.811 km WNW of Summerlin South, Nevada · 118 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.118 km E of Shoshone, CA · 101 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.721 km NNE of Indian Springs, Nevada · 97 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.519 km SW of Moapa Town, Nevada · 93 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.96 km N of Boulder City, Nevada · 90 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 1.51 km NNE of Whitney, Nevada · 162 days ago · 14 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.227 km S of Tecopa, CA · 165 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.827 km S of Tecopa, CA · 175 days ago · -1 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.68 km S of Henderson, Nevada · 175 days ago · 16 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.817 km ENE of Boulder City, Nevada · 177 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nn00917790. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 7:13 PM UTC.