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M 1.8ml
Earthquake near Lamesa, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Lamesa in the 24 hours to 5:42 pm CST (23:42 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 244 km (152 mi) WSW, at 4:27 pm CDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Lamesa
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 31 km (19 mi) south-southwest of Lamesa, TX, at 6:07 pm CST on 14 January 2023 (00:07 UTC), 8.6 km deep.
USGS: 29 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
50 km (31 mi) N of Midland, TX
- When
- 6:07 pm CST on 14 January 2023 ()
- Where
- 31 km (19 mi) south-southwest of Lamesa, TX · earthquakes near Lamesa
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Martin County, 18 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 721 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 14 km (9 mi) from the epicentre. In Lamesa, 31 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 5.2 on 2022-12-16 — about 130,000 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 32.4690, -102.0190. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County, TX | 18 km (11 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Martin County |
| Dawson County, TX | 31 km (19 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Dawson County |
| Howard County, TX | 58 km (36 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Howard County |
| Andrews County, TX | 61 km (38 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Borden County, TX | 62 km (39 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Borden County |
| Gaines County, TX | 65 km (40 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Gaines County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 3.2 5 km SE of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.5 17 km NW of Midland, Texas
- 2.5 40 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.7 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 3.1 29 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 2.4 39 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas
- 1.9 20 km NNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.8 35 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
- 1.5 17 km NW of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 18 km NW of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 2.7 36 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas
- 1.5 18 km NW of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 18 km NW of Midland, Texas
- 1.7 37 km NW of Stanton, 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
- 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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