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M 1.6ml(texnet)
Earthquake near Pecos, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Pecos in the 24 hours to 3:45 pm CST (21:45 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 4 km (3 mi) S, at 9:06 pm CST on 7 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Pecos
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) north of Pecos, TX, at 7:05 pm CDT on 25 October 2023 (00:05 UTC), 5.3 km deep.
USGS: 13 km NNW of Barstow, Texas
- When
- 7:05 pm CDT on 25 October 2023 ()
- Where
- 16 km (10 mi) north of Pecos, TX · earthquakes near Pecos
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml(texnet))
- Depth
- 5.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Loving County, 33 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1112 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 5 km (3 mi) from the epicentre. In Pecos, 16 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.
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 4.5 on 2022-11-24 — about 22,000 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 31.5620, -103.4690. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loving County, TX | 33 km (20 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Ward County, TX | 35 km (22 mi) | E | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Reeves County, TX | 36 km (23 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Winkler County, TX | 49 km (31 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Ector County, TX | 94 km (58 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Ector County |
| Crane County, TX | 94 km (59 mi) | E | earthquakes near Crane County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 38 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 2.2 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.1 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 2.5 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.2 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 2.6 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.8 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 5.2 Coalson Draw, Texas
- 1.7 10 km S of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.8 western Texas
- 1.6 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.8 3 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.7 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.8 35 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.7 36 km WSW of Mentone, 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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