Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 5.2ml(texnet)
Coalson Draw, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 5.2 (ml(texnet))
- Depth
- 7.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1640 reports · strongest reported intensity VI
- Measured shaking
- intensity VII (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Reeves County, 43 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 339 days ago
This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. 1640 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 950 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7.9× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 5.2 about 950 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2,000× more
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 31.6220, -103.9820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 43 km (27 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Loving County, TX | 47 km (29 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Culberson County, TX | 55 km (34 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Culberson County |
| Ward County, TX | 84 km (52 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Winkler County, TX | 91 km (56 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Eddy County, NM | 98 km (61 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Eddy County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 39 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.6 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 1.6 western Texas
- 1.7 39 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.6 37 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 1.8 40 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.6 western Texas
- 1.7 40 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.9 41 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.8 40 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 1.9 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 2.2 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.7 40 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 1.9 39 km W of Mentone, Texas
- 2.4 39 km W 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.4 on 2022-11-16 — it released about 2 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.