Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.5ml
5 km NNE of Irving, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Dallas County, 16 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 774 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 32.8540, -96.9210. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas County, TX | 16 km (10 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Dallas County |
| Tarrant County, TX | 36 km (22 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Tarrant County |
| Denton County, TX | 43 km (27 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Denton County |
| Rockwall County, TX | 48 km (30 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Rockwall County |
| Collin County, TX | 49 km (31 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Collin County |
| Ellis County, TX | 58 km (36 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Ellis County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 6 km SSE of Farmers Branch, Texas
- 2.2 5 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
- 3.1 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
- 3.2 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
- 1.7 1 km N of Justin, Texas
- 2.0 4 km SSE of Haslet, Texas
- 2.3 1 km NW of Northlake, 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
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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