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M 1.5ml

5 km NW of Westbrook, Texas

· 7.9 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Mitchell County 15 kmHoward County 38 kmScurry County 41 kmBorden County 53 kmNolan County 60 kmSterling County 62 kmCoke County 69 kmFisher County 72 kmGlasscock County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Mitchell County, 15 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 310 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. 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 32.3930, -101.0460. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Mitchell County, TX 15 km (9 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Howard County, TX 38 km (24 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Howard County
Scurry County, TX 41 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Borden County, TX 53 km (33 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Borden County
Nolan County, TX 60 km (37 mi) W of here earthquakes near Nolan County
Sterling County, TX 62 km (39 mi) N of here earthquakes near Sterling County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 9 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 2.6 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  3. 1.5 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  4. 3.9 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  5. 2.1 25 km E of Forsan, Texas
  6. 2.2 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  7. 2.2 western Texas
  8. 2.1 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  9. 2.0 western Texas
  10. 2.3 9 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  11. 2.3 9 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  12. 2.1 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 2.4 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  14. 2.4 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  15. 2.8 8 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.

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