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M 1.7ml

6 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas

· 8.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McMullen County 21 kmLa Salle County 30 kmAtascosa County 60 kmFrio County 60 kmLive Oak County 66 kmDuval County 86 kmWebb County 90 kmDimmit County 95 kmJim Wells County 102 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McMullen County, 21 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 451 days ago

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.

Where

Epicentre 28.4070, -98.7950. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McMullen County, TX 21 km (13 mi) W of here earthquakes near McMullen County
La Salle County, TX 30 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Atascosa County, TX 60 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Frio County, TX 60 km (37 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Frio County
Live Oak County, TX 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Duval County, TX 86 km (53 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Duval County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 24 km E of Hilltop, Texas
  2. 2.4 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  3. 2.0 18 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  4. 2.4 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  5. 2.4 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  6. 2.5 23 km E of Dilley, Texas
  7. 1.8 22 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas
  8. 1.9 20 km E of Dilley, Texas
  9. 2.0 23 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas
  10. 1.8 13 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  11. 1.8 11 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  12. 1.9 11 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  13. 1.7 11 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  14. 1.8 10 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  15. 2.2 13 km NW of Tilden, 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.

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