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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml

7 km WSW of Rotan, Texas

· 6.5 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fisher County 17 kmScurry County 36 kmKent County 44 kmStonewall County 47 kmNolan County 59 kmJones County 64 kmMitchell County 69 kmGarza County 81 kmBorden County 84 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 2.7 (ml)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Fisher County, 17 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1142 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 340 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 45,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 32,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 340 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 32.8317, -100.5458. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fisher County, TX 17 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Fisher County
Scurry County, TX 36 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Kent County, TX 44 km (28 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Kent County
Stonewall County, TX 47 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Stonewall County
Nolan County, TX 59 km (37 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nolan County
Jones County, TX 64 km (39 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jones 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. 1.7 9 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 2.9 12 km N of Snyder, Texas
  3. 1.7 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  4. 2.2 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  5. 2.9 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  6. 1.7 8 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  7. 2.1 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  8. 2.1 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  9. 2.3 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  10. 3.1 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  11. 2.1 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  12. 2.3 16 km SW of Rotan, Texas
  13. 2.7 western Texas
  14. 3.5 18 km SW of Rotan, Texas
  15. 2.1 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 4.7 on 2023-02-16 — it released about 1,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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