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M 2.4ml

western Texas

Yes. A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded in western Texas, at 9:08 pm CDT on 26 September 2022 (02:08 UTC), 9.2 km deep.

· 9.2 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loving County 13 kmWinkler County 37 kmWard County 53 kmReeves County 70 kmEctor County 85 kmAndrews County 89 kmLea County 100 kmEddy County 103 kmCrane County 104 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
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Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loving County, 13 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1506 days ago

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 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. 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.

Likely felt in: Kermit 33 km, intensity II · Jal 34 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2021-07-19 — about 250 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 31.8946, -103.4423. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Loving County, TX 13 km (8 mi) WSW earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 37 km (23 mi) E earthquakes near Winkler County
Ward County, TX 53 km (33 mi) SE earthquakes near Ward County
Reeves County, TX 70 km (44 mi) SSW earthquakes near Reeves County
Ector County, TX 85 km (53 mi) E earthquakes near Ector County
Andrews County, TX 89 km (55 mi) ENE earthquakes near Andrews County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  2. 2.6 16 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 2.3 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  4. 2.7 32 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  5. 2.1 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  6. 2.1 36 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  7. 3.3 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  8. 3.4 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  9. 1.6 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  10. 1.9 15 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 2.8 37 km NW 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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