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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Loving, NM
No earthquake was likely felt in Loving in the 24 hours to 3:51 pm MST (22:51 UTC). The last one was M 2.8, 39 km (24 mi) W, at 4:44 am MST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Loving
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) southeast of Loving, NM, at 7:53 am MDT on 8 August 2022 (13:53 UTC), 8.8 km deep.
USGS: 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- When
- 7:53 am MDT on 8 August 2022 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) southeast of Loving, NM · earthquakes near Loving
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Loving County, 29 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 572 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Loving, 42 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.0 on 2020-03-26 — about 89,000 times the energy of this one.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 31.9970, -103.8160. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loving County, TX | 29 km (18 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Eddy County, NM | 69 km (43 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Winkler County, TX | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Reeves County, TX | 77 km (48 mi) | S | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 86 km (54 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Culberson County, TX | 91 km (57 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Culberson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
28 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 54 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.7 47 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.0 51 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.2 47 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 3.1 47 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.3 48 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.5 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 2.1 50 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.0 49 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.1 38 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 2.1 44 km NW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.9 50 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.4 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.2 54 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.0 48 km W of Mentone, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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