QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3ml

4 km SSE of El Indio, Texas

· 3.1 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Maverick County 28 kmDimmit County 52 kmZavala County 68 kmKinney County 98 kmUvalde County 110 kmLa Salle County 118 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
3.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Maverick County, 28 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 376 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 28.4770, -100.2930. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Maverick County, TX 28 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Maverick County
Dimmit County, TX 52 km (32 mi) W of here earthquakes near Dimmit County
Zavala County, TX 68 km (42 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Zavala County
Kinney County, TX 98 km (61 mi) S of here earthquakes near Kinney County
Uvalde County, TX 110 km (68 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Uvalde County
La Salle County, TX 118 km (73 mi) W of here earthquakes near La Salle 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. 2.7 17 km NE of El Indio, Texas
  2. 2.2 21 km W of Carrizo Springs, Texas
  3. 2.0 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas
  4. 2.4 15 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
  5. 2.3 13 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
  6. 2.0 17 km E of El Indio, Texas
  7. 3.6 18 km E of El Indio, Texas
  8. 2.3 28 km SW of Asherton, Texas
  9. 2.3 5 km SW of Carrizo Hill, Texas
  10. 2.2 15 km ENE of El Indio, Texas
  11. 2.5 19 km E of El Indio, Texas
  12. 2.5 19 km E of El Indio, Texas
  13. 2.6 16 km ENE of El Indio, Texas
  14. 2.2 18 km E of El Indio, Texas
  15. 2.4 8 km WSW of Asherton, 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.