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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

16 km NNW of Marfa, Texas

· 4.8 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jeff Davis County 22 kmPresidio County 52 kmReeves County 102 kmBrewster County 107 kmCulberson County 118 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Jeff Davis County, 22 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1348 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 30.4504, -104.0839. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jeff Davis County, TX 22 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Jeff Davis County
Presidio County, TX 52 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Presidio County
Reeves County, TX 102 km (63 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Brewster County, TX 107 km (67 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Brewster County
Culberson County, TX 118 km (74 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Ward County, TX 151 km (94 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ward County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 13 km WSW of Fort Davis, Texas
  2. 1.9 24 km WSW of Fort Davis, Texas
  3. 2.8 24 km WSW of Fort Davis, Texas
  4. 1.7 11 km NNE of Alpine, Texas
  5. 1.6 11 km SW of Fort Davis, Texas
  6. 2.0 12 km NE of Alpine, Texas
  7. 2.0 11 km NNE of Alpine, Texas
  8. 2.0 11 km NNE of Alpine, Texas
  9. 2.2 11 km NNE of Alpine, 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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