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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Poth, TX
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Poth in the last 24 hours. M 3.2, 86 km (54 mi) WSW of Poth, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026 (09:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Poth was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Poth
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Poth, TX, at 3:30 am CDT on 16 August 2023 (08:30 UTC), 7.0 km deep.
USGS: 18 km SW of Poth, Texas
66 km (41 mi) SSE of San Antonio, TX
- When
- 3:30 am CDT on 16 August 2023 ()
- Where
- 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Poth, TX · earthquakes near Poth
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Wilson County, 29 km NNE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 365 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Poth, 19 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Floresville, Pleasanton.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2018-05-01 — about 4,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 28.9380, -98.2040. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson County, TX | 29 km (18 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Wilson County |
| Atascosa County, TX | 33 km (20 mi) | W | earthquakes near Atascosa County |
| Karnes County, TX | 34 km (21 mi) | E | earthquakes near Karnes County |
| Bexar County, TX | 65 km (40 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Bexar County |
| Live Oak County, TX | 66 km (41 mi) | S | earthquakes near Live Oak County |
| McMullen County, TX | 72 km (44 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near McMullen County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
53 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 6 km ENE of Christine, Texas
- 1.6 6 km ENE of Christine, Texas
- 2.5 5 km ENE of Christine, Texas
- 3.0 6 km SE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.3 15 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 6 km ENE of Christine, Texas
- 1.5 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.1 15 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.5 15 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.9 18 km SE of Stockdale, Texas
- 2.2 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.7 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.2 17 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 15 km ENE of Falls City, 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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