Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
Earthquake near Eagle Pass, TX
USGS: 2 km WSW of El Indio, Texas
- When
- 3:29 am CDT on 18 August 2021 ()
- Where
- 28 km (17 mi) SE of Eagle Pass, TX · earthquakes near Eagle Pass
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Maverick County, 25 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 450 days ago
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 28 km (17 mi) SE of Eagle Pass, TX, at 3:29 am CDT on 18 August 2021 (08:29 UTC). This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Rosita South, Rosita North, Eidson Road, Las Quintas Fronterizas, Las Quintas Fronterizas Colonia.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 28.5040, -100.3380. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick County, TX | 25 km (16 mi) | N | earthquakes near Maverick County |
| Dimmit County, TX | 57 km (35 mi) | E | earthquakes near Dimmit County |
| Zavala County, TX | 69 km (43 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Zavala County |
| Kinney County, TX | 94 km (58 mi) | N | earthquakes near Kinney County |
| Uvalde County, TX | 109 km (68 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Uvalde County |
| Webb County, TX | 128 km (80 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Webb County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
23 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 17 km NE of El Indio, Texas
- 2.2 21 km W of Carrizo Springs, Texas
- 2.0 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas
- 2.0 17 km E of El Indio, Texas
- 3.6 18 km E of El Indio, Texas
- 2.3 28 km SW of Asherton, Texas
- 2.3 5 km SW of Carrizo Hill, Texas
- 2.2 15 km ENE of El Indio, Texas
- 2.5 19 km E of El Indio, Texas
- 2.5 19 km E of El Indio, Texas
- 2.6 16 km ENE of El Indio, Texas
- 2.2 18 km E of El Indio, Texas
- 2.7 7 km ESE of El Indio, Texas
- 3.4 3 km S of El Indio, Texas
- 2.3 4 km SSE of El Indio, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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