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M 2.5ml

Earthquake near Jal, NM

USGS: 13 km NE of Jal, New Mexico

96 km (59 mi) WNW of Midland, TX

3:45 am MDT, Jun 15, 2022 · · 4.4 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Winkler County 42 kmAndrews County 45 kmLoving County 59 kmEctor County 65 kmLea County 71 kmGaines County 74 kmWard County 78 kmCrane County 105 kmMartin County 108 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
3:45 am MDT on 15 June 2022 ()
Where
14 km (8 mi) NE of Jal, NM · earthquakes near Jal
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
4.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Winkler County, 42 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1504 days ago

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 14 km (8 mi) NE of Jal, NM, at 3:45 am MDT on 15 June 2022 (09:45 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: Eunice.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 32.2101, -103.1043. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Winkler County, TX 42 km (26 mi) S earthquakes near Winkler County
Andrews County, TX 45 km (28 mi) ENE earthquakes near Andrews County
Loving County, TX 59 km (37 mi) SW earthquakes near Loving County
Ector County, TX 65 km (41 mi) SE earthquakes near Ector County
Lea County, NM 71 km (44 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lea County
Gaines County, TX 74 km (46 mi) NE earthquakes near Gaines County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 2.1 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 2.1 24 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  4. 1.6 28 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  5. 3.3 14 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 2.2 29 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  7. 2.5 12 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas
  8. 1.9 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 2.1 western Texas
  10. 2.2 24 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 2.0 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  12. 2.5 30 km WNW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 2.2 15 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  14. 3.5 New Mexico
  15. 2.4 11 km SSW of McKinney Acres, 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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