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M 1.5ml

14 km NE of Barstow, Texas

· 8.8 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 18 kmWinkler County 38 kmLoving County 41 kmReeves County 49 kmCrane County 77 kmEctor County 78 kmPecos County 103 kmAndrews County 104 kmCulberson County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 18 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 536 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 31.5590, -103.2890. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 18 km (11 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 38 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Loving County, TX 41 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Reeves County, TX 49 km (30 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Crane County, TX 77 km (48 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Crane County
Ector County, TX 78 km (49 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 1.7 11 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 2.0 4 km N of Lindsay, Texas
  4. 1.8 13 km N of Coyanosa, Texas
  5. 2.0 2 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  6. 2.3 13 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  7. 2.2 1 km NE of Lindsay, Texas
  8. 2.1 5 km WNW of Pecos, Texas
  9. 1.8 4 km ENE of Lindsay, Texas
  10. 1.9 12 km WSW of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.7 9 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  12. 2.3 7 km NE of Toyah, Texas
  13. 2.0 23 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  14. 2.3 8 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas
  15. 1.8 6 km SSE of Pecos, 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.

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