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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Jal, NM

USGS: 17 km NE of Jal, New Mexico

91 km (57 mi) WNW of Midland, TX

11:59 am MDT, Jun 22, 2022 · · 7.0 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Andrews County 40 kmWinkler County 43 kmEctor County 62 kmLoving County 64 kmGaines County 70 kmLea County 72 kmWard County 79 kmMartin County 103 kmCrane County 104 km
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When
11:59 am MDT on 22 June 2022 ()
Where
18 km (11 mi) NE of Jal, NM · earthquakes near Jal
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
7.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Andrews County, 40 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 149 days ago

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 18 km (11 mi) NE of Jal, NM, at 11:59 am MDT on 22 June 2022 (17:59 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Eunice.

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 32.2220, -103.0540. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Andrews County, TX 40 km (25 mi) ENE earthquakes near Andrews County
Winkler County, TX 43 km (27 mi) S earthquakes near Winkler County
Ector County, TX 62 km (39 mi) SE earthquakes near Ector County
Loving County, TX 64 km (40 mi) SW earthquakes near Loving County
Gaines County, TX 70 km (44 mi) NE earthquakes near Gaines County
Lea County, NM 72 km (45 mi) NNW earthquakes near Lea County

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

Aftershocks so far

55 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. 2.5 30 km WNW of Jal, New Mexico
  12. 2.2 15 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 3.5 New Mexico
  14. 2.4 11 km SSW of McKinney Acres, Texas
  15. 3.1 19 km SW of Eunice, New Mexico

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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