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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Snyder, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Snyder in the 24 hours to 4:52 am CST (10:52 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 44 km (28 mi) SSW, at 6:28 pm CST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Snyder
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) east of Snyder, TX, at 8:00 pm CDT on 16 May 2021 (01:00 UTC), 7.2 km deep.
USGS: 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
- When
- 8:00 pm CDT on 16 May 2021 ()
- Where
- 22 km (14 mi) east of Snyder, TX · earthquakes near Snyder
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Scurry County, 22 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1999 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Snyder, 22 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Rotan.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2019-09-30 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
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 32.7127, -100.6851. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scurry County, TX | 22 km (13 mi) | W | earthquakes near Scurry County |
| Fisher County, TX | 27 km (17 mi) | E | earthquakes near Fisher County |
| Mitchell County, TX | 51 km (31 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Mitchell County |
| Nolan County, TX | 51 km (32 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Nolan County |
| Kent County, TX | 53 km (33 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kent County |
| Stonewall County, TX | 66 km (41 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Stonewall County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 14 km N of Snyder, Texas
- 2.0 25 km N of Snyder, Texas
- 2.4 19 km N of Snyder, Texas
- 2.1 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.7 18 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.3 18 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.2 10 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.4 11 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
- 2.2 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.1 12 km W of Rotan, Texas
- 2.4 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.7 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 3.6 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.4 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
- 2.6 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, 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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