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M 1.8ml

14 km SSW of Pyote, Texas

· 5.2 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 13 kmWinkler County 48 kmReeves County 51 kmLoving County 59 kmCrane County 66 kmEctor County 79 kmPecos County 84 kmUpton County 109 kmAndrews County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 13 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1920 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 31.4182, -103.1861. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 13 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 48 km (30 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Reeves County, TX 51 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 59 km (37 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Crane County, TX 66 km (41 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County
Ector County, TX 79 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ector County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  2. 1.5 4 km SSE of Pecos, Texas
  3. 1.6 0 km NE of Lindsay, Texas
  4. 1.8 16 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 1.7 33 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  6. 1.7 4 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  7. 2.2 12 km SE of Barstow, Texas
  8. 1.9 1 km ENE of Lindsay, Texas
  9. 2.4 8 km N of Barstow, Texas
  10. 2.0 10 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.6 26 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.7 18 km WNW of Pecos, Texas
  13. 2.3 21 km SSW of Mentone, Texas
  14. 2.2 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  15. 2.1 32 km SW of Coyanosa, 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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