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M 1.5ml

21 km NE of Tilden, Texas

· 6.7 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McMullen County 29 kmLive Oak County 35 kmAtascosa County 38 kmKarnes County 63 kmBee County 65 kmWilson County 72 kmLa Salle County 75 kmFrio County 78 kmGoliad County 93 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
6.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McMullen County, 29 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 28.5800, -98.3790. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McMullen County, TX 29 km (18 mi) NE of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Live Oak County, TX 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Atascosa County, TX 38 km (24 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Karnes County, TX 63 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Karnes County
Bee County, TX 65 km (40 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Bee County
Wilson County, TX 72 km (45 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wilson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 21 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  2. 2.0 19 km SSW of Charlotte, Texas
  3. 2.0 21 km SSW of Charlotte, Texas
  4. 2.2 10 km SSE of Fowlerton, Texas
  5. 2.0 17 km SSW of Charlotte, Texas
  6. 1.9 17 km WNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  7. 1.6 8 km SSW of Falls City, Texas
  8. 3.0 8 km SW of Falls City, Texas
  9. 1.5 9 km ENE of Christine, Texas
  10. 1.6 15 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  11. 1.9 17 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  12. 1.5 17 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  13. 1.6 13 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  14. 1.6 13 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  15. 2.3 13 km WSW of Falls City, 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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