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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Pecos, TX

USGS: 4 km W of Pecos, Texas

11:29 am CDT, May 27, 2019 · · 3.5 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 20 kmWard County 43 kmLoving County 47 kmWinkler County 65 kmCulberson County 93 kmCrane County 100 kmPecos County 107 kmEctor County 107 kmJeff Davis County 108 km
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When
11:29 am CDT on 27 May 2019 ()
Where
5 km (3 mi) W of Pecos, TX · earthquakes near Pecos
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
3.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Reeves County, 20 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 527 days ago

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 5 km (3 mi) W of Pecos, TX, at 11:29 am CDT on 27 May 2019 (16:29 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 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

Epicentre 31.4210, -103.5450. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Reeves County, TX 20 km (13 mi) SW earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 43 km (27 mi) ENE earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 47 km (29 mi) N earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 65 km (41 mi) NE earthquakes near Winkler County
Culberson County, TX 93 km (58 mi) W earthquakes near Culberson County
Crane County, TX 100 km (62 mi) E earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 10 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 2.9 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  3. 2.7 21 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  4. 2.8 15 km NW of Barstow, Texas
  5. 2.8 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  6. 3.4 western Texas
  7. 2.8 21 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  8. 2.6 12 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  9. 2.9 20 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  10. 3.0 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  11. 2.6 19 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
  12. 2.8 18 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  13. 2.5 19 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  14. 1.6 16 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  15. 3.0 11 km E of Balmorhea, Texas

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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