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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

· 8.1 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fisher County 23 kmScurry County 25 kmKent County 49 kmNolan County 54 kmMitchell County 57 kmStonewall County 60 kmJones County 73 kmBorden County 74 kmGarza County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Fisher County, 23 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 333 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 32.7580, -100.6510. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fisher County, TX 23 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fisher County
Scurry County, TX 25 km (15 mi) E of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Kent County, TX 49 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kent County
Nolan County, TX 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nolan County
Mitchell County, TX 57 km (35 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Stonewall County, TX 60 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Stonewall County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.5 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 2.4 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  3. 2.4 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  4. 1.6 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  5. 2.6 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  6. 1.6 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  7. 1.7 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  8. 2.7 western Texas
  9. 2.6 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  10. 2.7 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  11. 2.0 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  12. 2.7 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 2.3 18 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
  14. 2.2 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  15. 1.9 16 km NE of Hermleigh, 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 4.0 on 2019-09-30 — it released about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

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