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M 2.9ml

20 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico

· 4.2 km deep · released about 680 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Winkler County 27 kmAndrews County 42 kmEctor County 48 kmLoving County 60 kmWard County 63 kmGaines County 82 kmCrane County 86 kmLea County 90 kmMidland County 97 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.9 (ml)
Depth
4.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Winkler County, 27 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 824 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

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 32.0700, -102.9850. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Winkler County, TX 27 km (17 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Andrews County, TX 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Ector County, TX 48 km (30 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Loving County, TX 60 km (37 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Ward County, TX 63 km (39 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ward County
Gaines County, TX 82 km (51 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Gaines 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.

  1. 1.8 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 2.2 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 1.9 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  4. 1.6 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  5. 1.9 22 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 1.5 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  7. 1.8 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  8. 1.7 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 1.7 22 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  10. 2.1 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 1.6 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  12. 2.0 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 1.6 22 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  14. 1.7 20 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  15. 1.7 21 km SW of Jal, New Mexico

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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