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M 2.2ml

18 km NNE of Goldsmith, Texas

· 4.4 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Andrews County 20 kmEctor County 31 kmWinkler County 57 kmMartin County 60 kmMidland County 64 kmGaines County 67 kmCrane County 80 kmWard County 86 kmDawson County 89 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
4.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Andrews County, 20 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1878 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 32.1396, -102.5651. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Andrews County, TX 20 km (13 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Ector County, TX 31 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ector County
Winkler County, TX 57 km (36 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Martin County, TX 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Martin County
Midland County, TX 64 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Midland County
Gaines County, TX 67 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near Gaines County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 9 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas
  2. 2.1 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
  3. 3.2 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
  4. 3.6 9 km NNE of Odessa, Texas
  5. 3.4 9 km NNE of Odessa, Texas
  6. 2.1 7 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas
  7. 2.0 14 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  8. 1.7 14 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 1.9 16 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  10. 2.0 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
  11. 2.5 12 km N of Midland, Texas
  12. 2.7 12 km N of Midland, Texas
  13. 1.9 15 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  14. 2.3 8 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  15. 2.9 15 km NNW of Midland, 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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