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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Odessa, TX

USGS: 17 km NNW of Goldsmith, Texas

42 km (26 mi) NW of Odessa, TX

2:36 pm CDT, Apr 26, 2021 · · 2.6 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Andrews County 21 kmEctor County 32 kmWinkler County 49 kmGaines County 69 kmMartin County 70 kmMidland County 72 kmWard County 80 kmCrane County 80 kmLoving County 89 km
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When
2:36 pm CDT on 26 April 2021 ()
Where
43 km (27 mi) NW of Odessa, TX · earthquakes near Odessa
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
2.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Andrews County, 21 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1981 days ago

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 43 km (27 mi) NW of Odessa, TX, at 2:36 pm CDT on 26 April 2021 (19:36 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Andrews.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 32.1286, -102.6745. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Andrews County, TX 21 km (13 mi) N earthquakes near Andrews County
Ector County, TX 32 km (20 mi) SSE earthquakes near Ector County
Winkler County, TX 49 km (30 mi) SW earthquakes near Winkler County
Gaines County, TX 69 km (43 mi) N earthquakes near Gaines County
Martin County, TX 70 km (43 mi) ENE earthquakes near Martin County
Midland County, TX 72 km (45 mi) ESE earthquakes near Midland County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  2. 1.8 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  3. 2.8 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  4. 2.7 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  5. 1.6 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
  6. 2.0 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  7. 2.2 18 km NNE of Goldsmith, Texas
  8. 2.3 western Texas
  9. 1.8 16 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  10. 2.1 16 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  11. 1.9 17 km NW of Midland, Texas
  12. 2.1 18 km SSW of McKinney Acres, Texas
  13. 1.6 10 km NNE of Odessa, Texas
  14. 2.0 14 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  15. 1.5 16 km NNW of Midland, 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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