QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7ml(texnet)

western Texas

· 7.4 km deep · released about 340 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 55 kmJeff Davis County 72 kmPecos County 74 kmWard County 82 kmLoving County 110 kmCrane County 114 kmWinkler County 116 kmCulberson County 118 kmBrewster County 119 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(texnet))
Depth
7.4 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Reeves County, 55 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1018 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 30.8550, -103.4910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 55 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Jeff Davis County, TX 72 km (45 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jeff Davis County
Pecos County, TX 74 km (46 mi) W of here earthquakes near Pecos County
Ward County, TX 82 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 110 km (69 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loving County
Crane County, TX 114 km (71 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 15 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 2.0 23 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  3. 1.5 27 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  4. 2.2 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  5. 1.8 33 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas
  6. 1.6 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  7. 2.7 27 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  8. 1.5 21 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  9. 1.8 10 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  10. 1.6 9 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.8 13 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  12. 2.1 8 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
  13. 1.7 12 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  14. 1.8 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  15. 2.3 13 km N of Balmorhea, 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.