Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml(texnet)
4 km SSE of Pecos, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml(texnet))
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Reeves County, 24 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1056 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 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.
Where
Epicentre 31.3880, -103.4790. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 24 km (15 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 38 km (24 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Loving County, TX | 51 km (32 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Winkler County, TX | 64 km (40 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Crane County, TX | 94 km (59 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Crane County |
| Pecos County, TX | 100 km (62 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Pecos County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 10 km S of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.8 western Texas
- 1.7 8 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.5 11 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.8 3 km NNW of Lindsay, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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