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M 1.8ml

western Texas

· 1.3 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 19 kmWard County 43 kmLoving County 51 kmWinkler County 67 kmCulberson County 95 kmCrane County 99 kmPecos County 103 kmJeff Davis County 105 kmEctor County 108 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Reeves County, 19 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1952 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 31.3855, -103.5306. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 19 km (12 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 43 km (27 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 51 km (32 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 67 km (42 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Culberson County, TX 95 km (59 mi) E of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Crane County, TX 99 km (62 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 11 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 2.8 11 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 1.8 29 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  4. 1.5 11 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 2.3 25 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  6. 1.8 14 km SSW of Pyote, Texas
  7. 1.7 8 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
  8. 1.5 15 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  9. 2.8 33 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  10. 1.6 9 km N of Toyah, Texas
  11. 1.5 20 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  12. 2.1 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  13. 1.9 14 km ESE of Barstow, Texas
  14. 1.7 20 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
  15. 1.7 14 km SSE of Lindsay, 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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