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M 2.6ml

3 km NNW of Hallettsville, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lavaca County 10 kmColorado County 45 kmFayette County 45 kmGonzales County 53 kmDeWitt County 59 kmJackson County 67 kmWharton County 73 kmVictoria County 75 kmCaldwell County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Lavaca County, 10 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. 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.

Where

Epicentre 29.4720, -96.9480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lavaca County, TX 10 km (6 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lavaca County
Colorado County, TX 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Colorado County
Fayette County, TX 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Fayette County
Gonzales County, TX 53 km (33 mi) E of here earthquakes near Gonzales County
DeWitt County, TX 59 km (37 mi) NE of here earthquakes near DeWitt County
Jackson County, TX 67 km (41 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Jackson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 9 km ENE of Gonzales, Texas
  2. 2.1 18 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  3. 1.9 18 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  4. 2.2 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  5. 2.2 15 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  6. 1.9 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  7. 2.6 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  8. 2.5 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  9. 1.9 18 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  10. 1.9 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  11. 2.5 17 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  12. 2.2 18 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
  13. 1.9 10 km W of Shiner, Texas
  14. 2.3 11 km W of Shiner, Texas
  15. 1.7 10 km W of Shiner, 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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