Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
13 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Reeves County, 20 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 467 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
- 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 31.2540, -103.5100. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 20 km (13 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 48 km (30 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Loving County, TX | 66 km (41 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Winkler County, TX | 77 km (48 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Pecos County, TX | 92 km (57 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Pecos County |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 95 km (59 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Jeff Davis County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
12 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 15 km N of Balmorhea, Texas
- 2.2 17 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
- 1.8 western Texas
- 1.8 10 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.8 14 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
- 2.2 16 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.7 12 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.5 22 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.6 9 km S of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.5 15 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.6 9 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.7 13 km NNW of Toyah, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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