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M 2.1ml(texnet)

24 km NW of Westbrook, Texas

· 7.1 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Howard County 31 kmBorden County 33 kmMitchell County 35 kmScurry County 38 kmDawson County 74 kmMartin County 74 kmGarza County 76 kmSterling County 76 kmGlasscock County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml(texnet))
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Howard County, 31 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1062 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 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 32.5090, -101.2080. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Howard County, TX 31 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Howard County
Borden County, TX 33 km (21 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Borden County
Mitchell County, TX 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Scurry County, TX 38 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Dawson County, TX 74 km (46 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Dawson County
Martin County, TX 74 km (46 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Martin County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas
  2. 1.8 23 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
  3. 2.1 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  4. 2.5 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
  5. 1.7 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  6. 3.1 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  7. 2.5 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  8. 1.5 5 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
  9. 2.1 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas
  10. 1.7 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas
  11. 1.5 6 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
  12. 2.9 25 km S of Westbrook, Texas
  13. 2.9 15 km NNW of Snyder, Texas
  14. 2.0 10 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  15. 1.7 6 km SE of Ackerly, 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.

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