Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3ml
18 km WNW of Sanford, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Moore County, 17 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1206 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 35.7834, -101.7154. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore County, TX | 17 km (10 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Moore County |
| Hutchinson County, TX | 32 km (20 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Hutchinson County |
| Potter County, TX | 46 km (28 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Potter County |
| Carson County, TX | 53 km (33 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Carson County |
| Sherman County, TX | 57 km (36 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Sherman County |
| Hansford County, TX | 63 km (39 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Hansford 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.
- 2.0 14 km SE of Morse, Texas
- 2.2 11 km WNW of Fritch, Texas
- 2.0 18 km E of Boys Ranch, Texas
- 1.6 17 km NNE of Amarillo, Texas
- 2.2 8 km E of Cactus, Texas
- 2.2 16 km N of Bishop Hills, Texas
- 2.3 15 km ESE of Stinnett, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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