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M 2.1ml

5 km E of Charlotte, Texas

· 5.3 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Atascosa County 12 kmFrio County 45 kmMcMullen County 55 kmWilson County 64 kmBexar County 65 kmMedina County 70 kmLa Salle County 72 kmLive Oak County 77 kmKarnes County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Atascosa County, 12 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 28.8710, -98.6520. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Atascosa County, TX 12 km (7 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Frio County, TX 45 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Frio County
McMullen County, TX 55 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Wilson County, TX 64 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Wilson County
Bexar County, TX 65 km (41 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Bexar County
Medina County, TX 70 km (43 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Medina County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.3 11 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  2. 2.8 12 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  3. 1.9 15 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  4. 2.0 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  5. 2.0 26 km E of Christine, Texas
  6. 1.7 26 km NW of Pawnee, Texas
  7. 1.7 6 km ENE of Charlotte, Texas
  8. 1.7 12 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  9. 2.0 11 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  10. 2.2 11 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  11. 1.9 7 km ENE of Charlotte, Texas
  12. 1.8 11 km SW of Poth, Texas
  13. 1.8 11 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  14. 2.5 19 km SW of Falls City, Texas
  15. 1.8 23 km SW of Falls City, 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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