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M 2.9ml

12 km N of Coyanosa, Texas

· 3.6 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 18 kmWinkler County 53 kmCrane County 55 kmReeves County 62 kmLoving County 72 kmPecos County 73 kmEctor County 75 kmUpton County 97 kmMidland County 113 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
3.6 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Ward County, 18 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 925 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 680 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.9 about 680 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 31.3560, -103.0660. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 18 km (11 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 53 km (33 mi) S of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Crane County, TX 55 km (34 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County
Reeves County, TX 62 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 72 km (45 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Pecos County, TX 73 km (45 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Pecos County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 17 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 1.6 2 km NNE of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 1.7 33 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  4. 2.1 22 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  5. 1.9 2 km NNE of Lindsay, Texas
  6. 1.8 20 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  7. 1.7 25 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  8. 2.3 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  9. 1.5 16 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  10. 1.5 11 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.6 15 km N of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.8 2 km W of Pecos, Texas
  13. 1.7 6 km WNW of Pecos, Texas
  14. 1.9 24 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  15. 1.7 20 km S 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.

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