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M 4.1ml

37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas

· 8.5 km deep · released about 21 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 43 kmLoving County 48 kmCulberson County 54 kmWard County 84 kmWinkler County 92 kmEddy County 99 kmJeff Davis County 112 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 4.1 (ml)
Depth
8.5 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Reeves County, 43 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 718 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 7,900× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.1 about 21 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 45× 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 31.6135, -103.9891. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 43 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Loving County
Culberson County, TX 54 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Ward County, TX 84 km (53 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 92 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Eddy County, NM 99 km (61 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Eddy County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  2. 1.7 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  3. 2.0 59 km WNW of Toyah, Texas
  4. 1.6 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  5. 1.9 western Texas
  6. 2.0 western Texas
  7. 1.7 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  8. 1.6 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  9. 2.1 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  10. 1.7 53 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  11. 2.0 western Texas
  12. 1.6 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  13. 2.1 44 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  14. 1.6 43 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  15. 2.0 western 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 89 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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