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M 2.5ml

22 km SE of El Indio, Texas

· 4.5 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dimmit County 35 kmMaverick County 42 kmZavala County 63 kmLa Salle County 100 kmWebb County 104 kmKinney County 110 kmUvalde County 111 kmFrio County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Dimmit County, 35 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 28.3960, -100.1190. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dimmit County, TX 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dimmit County
Maverick County, TX 42 km (26 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Maverick County
Zavala County, TX 63 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Zavala County
La Salle County, TX 100 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Webb County, TX 104 km (65 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Webb County
Kinney County, TX 110 km (68 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kinney County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.7 17 km NE of El Indio, Texas
  2. 2.2 21 km W of Carrizo Springs, Texas
  3. 2.0 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas
  4. 1.9 8 km S of Asherton, Texas
  5. 2.4 15 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
  6. 2.3 13 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
  7. 2.1 21 km SW of Catarina, Texas
  8. 2.0 17 km E of El Indio, Texas
  9. 3.6 18 km E of El Indio, Texas
  10. 2.2 16 km S of Asherton, Texas
  11. 2.2 7 km NE of Asherton, Texas
  12. 2.3 28 km SW of Asherton, Texas
  13. 2.3 5 km SW of Carrizo Hill, Texas
  14. 2.2 15 km ENE of El Indio, Texas
  15. 2.5 19 km E of El Indio, 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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