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M 2.1ml

15 km NE of Jal, New Mexico

· 5.3 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Winkler County 44 kmAndrews County 44 kmLoving County 60 kmEctor County 66 kmLea County 70 kmGaines County 73 kmWard County 79 kmCrane County 106 kmYoakum County 107 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Winkler County, 44 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 143 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 32.2240, -103.1010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Winkler County, TX 44 km (27 mi) N of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Andrews County, TX 44 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Loving County, TX 60 km (38 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Ector County, TX 66 km (41 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Lea County, NM 70 km (43 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lea County
Gaines County, TX 73 km (45 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Gaines 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. 2.9 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 2.1 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 2.5 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  4. 1.8 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  5. 2.2 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 2.0 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  7. 2.0 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  8. 2.3 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 2.9 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  10. 1.8 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 2.4 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  12. 1.6 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 2.3 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  14. 1.6 19 km E of Jal, New Mexico
  15. 1.5 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico

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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