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M 4.7ml

15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

· 7.8 km deep · released about 170 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Scurry County 24 kmFisher County 24 kmKent County 50 kmNolan County 53 kmMitchell County 55 kmStonewall County 61 kmBorden County 73 kmJones County 73 kmGarza County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.7 (ml)
Depth
7.8 km below the surface
Felt
273 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Scurry County, 24 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1101 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 273 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 1,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.7 about 170 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 350× more

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 32.7457, -100.6594. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Scurry County, TX 24 km (15 mi) E of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Fisher County, TX 24 km (15 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fisher County
Kent County, TX 50 km (31 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kent County
Nolan County, TX 53 km (33 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nolan County
Mitchell County, TX 55 km (34 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Stonewall County, TX 61 km (38 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

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

  1. 2.1 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 1.6 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  3. 1.7 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  4. 1.6 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  5. 1.8 western Texas
  6. 1.8 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  7. 1.8 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  8. 1.8 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  9. 2.1 western Texas
  10. 1.6 7 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
  11. 2.3 western Texas
  12. 1.5 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 1.6 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  14. 1.5 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  15. 1.6 15 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.

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

On USGS

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