Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.6ml
22 km NNW of Midland, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Nearest
- Martin County, 23 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1307 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 32.1964, -102.1600. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County, TX | 23 km (14 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Martin County |
| Midland County, TX | 45 km (28 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Midland County |
| Andrews County, TX | 47 km (29 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Ector County, TX | 52 km (32 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Ector County |
| Dawson County, TX | 64 km (40 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Dawson County |
| Howard County, TX | 69 km (43 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Howard County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 western Texas
- 1.7 17 km N of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 37 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas
- 2.9 13 km NNW of Midland, Texas
- 1.7 13 km ESE of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 13 km ESE of Stanton, Texas
- 1.8 22 km NNW of Midland, Texas
- 2.0 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
- 2.2 13 km NNE of Midland, Texas
- 2.0 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
- 1.7 32 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
- 1.9 11 km N of Midland, Texas
- 2.3 western Texas
- 3.1 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 2.3 32 km SSW of Los Ybanez, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2022-12-16 — it released about 7,900 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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