Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Johnson County, 24 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1502 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- 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 32.4948, -97.1502. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson County, TX | 24 km (15 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Johnson County |
| Tarrant County, TX | 34 km (21 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Tarrant County |
| Ellis County, TX | 37 km (23 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Ellis County |
| Dallas County, TX | 46 km (29 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Dallas County |
| Hill County, TX | 57 km (35 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Hill County |
| Hood County, TX | 64 km (40 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Hood County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 6 km SSE of Farmers Branch, Texas
- 2.2 5 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
- 3.1 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
- 3.2 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
- 1.5 5 km NNE of Irving, 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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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