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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Snyder, TX

No earthquake was likely felt in Snyder in the 24 hours to 3:41 pm CST (21:41 UTC). The last one was M 2.9, 44 km (28 mi) SSW, at 6:28 pm CST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Snyder

This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 21 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Snyder, TX, at 3:14 pm CDT on 10 June 2024 (20:14 UTC), 6.3 km deep.

USGS: 7 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

3:14 pm CDT, Jun 10, 2024 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Scurry County 22 kmFisher County 29 kmMitchell County 46 kmNolan County 48 kmKent County 57 kmBorden County 70 kmStonewall County 70 kmJones County 77 kmGarza County 80 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
3:14 pm CDT on 10 June 2024 ()
Where
21 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Snyder, TX · earthquakes near Snyder
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Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Scurry County, 22 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 884 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 41 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Snyder, 21 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Snyder 21 km, intensity II · Rotan 29 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.7 on 2023-02-16 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.

Where

Epicentre 32.6740, -100.6980. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Scurry County, TX 22 km (13 mi) WNW earthquakes near Scurry County
Fisher County, TX 29 km (18 mi) ENE earthquakes near Fisher County
Mitchell County, TX 46 km (29 mi) SSW earthquakes near Mitchell County
Nolan County, TX 48 km (30 mi) SSE earthquakes near Nolan County
Kent County, TX 57 km (36 mi) N earthquakes near Kent County
Borden County, TX 70 km (43 mi) W earthquakes near Borden 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. 3.0 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 2.0 18 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  3. 1.8 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  4. 1.6 19 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  5. 1.7 19 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  6. 1.8 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  7. 2.1 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  8. 1.6 18 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
  9. 1.9 19 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  10. 1.5 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  11. 1.7 18 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  12. 1.9 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 2.0 18 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
  14. 2.3 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  15. 2.0 16 km NE of Hermleigh, 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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