Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1ml
36 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Loving County, 27 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1621 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
- 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 31.9965, -103.7901. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loving County, TX | 27 km (17 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Eddy County, NM | 71 km (44 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Winkler County, TX | 72 km (45 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Reeves County, TX | 77 km (48 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 84 km (52 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Culberson County, TX | 93 km (58 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Culberson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 35 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 2.6 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 3.2 35 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 2.2 36 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.2 38 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.1 38 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 1.8 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.2 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.2 35 km NNW of Toyah, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.0 on 2020-03-26 — it released about 22,000 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.