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M 1.9ml

12 km NNW of Barstow, Texas

· 5.8 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 32 kmLoving County 33 kmReeves County 38 kmWinkler County 47 kmEctor County 91 kmCrane County 92 kmCulberson County 104 kmPecos County 112 kmAndrews County 112 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
5.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 32 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1894 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 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 31.5655, -103.4417. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 33 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Reeves County, TX 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Winkler County, TX 47 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Ector County, TX 91 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Crane County, TX 92 km (57 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

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

  1. 2.3 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  2. 1.8 23 km WNW of Mentone, Texas
  3. 2.1 23 km WNW of Mentone, Texas
  4. 1.7 18 km WNW of Pecos, Texas
  5. 2.3 21 km SSW of Mentone, Texas
  6. 1.9 6 km NNW of Barstow, Texas
  7. 1.7 22 km WNW of Mentone, Texas
  8. 1.7 20 km SSW of Mentone, Texas
  9. 2.4 22 km WNW of Mentone, Texas
  10. 1.8 1 km NNE of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 2.0 16 km NNW of Toyah, TX
  12. 1.9 16 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  13. 2.0 10 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
  14. 3.1 19 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  15. 2.3 20 km WSW 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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