Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.8ml
Texas-Chihuahua border region
Yes. A magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded in the Texas-Chihuahua border region, at 11:14 am CDT on 12 June 2021 (16:14 UTC), 8.2 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Hudspeth County, 40 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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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 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. 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.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- 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 31.6159, -105.0068. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudspeth County, TX | 40 km (25 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Hudspeth County |
| Culberson County, TX | 49 km (31 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Culberson County |
| Eddy County, NM | 115 km (71 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| El Paso County, TX | 118 km (73 mi) | W | earthquakes near El Paso County |
| Otero County, NM | 131 km (82 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Otero County |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 135 km (84 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Jeff Davis 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.
- 1.6 western Texas
- 1.5 62 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.8 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.1 64 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.5 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.9 57 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 60 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.8 59 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.3 60 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.8 51 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
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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