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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

55 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico

· 4.9 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culberson County 31 kmHudspeth County 79 kmEddy County 87 kmReeves County 96 kmLoving County 100 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Culberson County, 31 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2023 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 31.7167, -104.6037. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culberson County, TX 31 km (19 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Hudspeth County, TX 79 km (49 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hudspeth County
Eddy County, NM 87 km (54 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Eddy County
Reeves County, TX 96 km (60 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 100 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near Loving County
Otero County, NM 147 km (91 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Otero County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 52 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  2. 1.5 50 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  3. 2.7 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  4. 2.1 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
  5. 2.0 44 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  6. 2.0 54 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
  7. 1.9 44 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  8. 1.6 45 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  9. 1.8 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  10. 1.8 52 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  11. 2.3 49 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  12. 1.6 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  13. 2.1 52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
  14. 1.8 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  15. 1.7 57 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico

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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