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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.9ml

34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico

· 8.2 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loving County 30 kmEddy County 68 kmWinkler County 74 kmReeves County 78 kmWard County 87 kmCulberson County 91 kmLea County 96 kmAndrews County 116 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Loving County, 30 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1238 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 32.0023, -103.8186. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loving County, TX 30 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Loving County
Eddy County, NM 68 km (42 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Eddy County
Winkler County, TX 74 km (46 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Reeves County, TX 78 km (48 mi) N of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 87 km (54 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Culberson County, TX 91 km (57 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Culberson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 51 km W of Mentone, Texas
  2. 1.5 49 km W of Mentone, Texas
  3. 2.4 western Texas
  4. 1.9 western Texas
  5. 1.7 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  6. 2.0 western Texas
  7. 2.0 western Texas
  8. 2.2 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  9. 1.8 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  10. 2.2 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  11. 1.9 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  12. 2.9 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  13. 1.8 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  14. 2.7 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  15. 4.1 37 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.4 on 2022-11-16 — it released about 5,600 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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