Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 4.3ml
34 km NNE of Skellytown, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 4.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 116 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Measured shaking
- intensity V (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Roberts County, 16 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1926 days ago
This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 116 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 43 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 4,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 4.3 about 43 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 89× more
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 35.8530, -101.0077. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts County, TX | 16 km (10 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Roberts County |
| Hutchinson County, TX | 32 km (20 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Hutchinson County |
| Ochiltree County, TX | 50 km (31 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Ochiltree County |
| Gray County, TX | 53 km (33 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Gray County |
| Hansford County, TX | 56 km (35 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Hansford County |
| Carson County, TX | 59 km (37 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Carson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 35 km NW of Miami, Texas
- 5.0 38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas
- 2.0 14 km SE of Morse, Texas
- 2.5 4 km E of Skellytown, Texas
- 2.6 5 km NW of Pampa, Texas
- 2.3 15 km ESE of Stinnett, Texas
- 2.3 6 km E of Skellytown, Texas
- 2.1 11 km E of Borger, Texas
- 2.7 34 km NNE of Skellytown, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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