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M 1.7ml

17 km NW of Fowlerton, Texas

· 7.9 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N La Salle County 30 kmFrio County 36 kmMcMullen County 41 kmAtascosa County 52 kmLive Oak County 83 kmDimmit County 83 kmZavala County 86 kmMedina County 88 kmWebb County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
7.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
La Salle County, 30 km SSW
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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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, -98.9350. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
La Salle County, TX 30 km (19 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Frio County, TX 36 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Frio County
McMullen County, TX 41 km (25 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Atascosa County, TX 52 km (32 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Live Oak County, TX 83 km (52 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Dimmit County, TX 83 km (52 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Dimmit County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 20 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  2. 1.9 12 km E of Dilley, Texas
  3. 1.7 24 km E of Dilley, Texas
  4. 1.5 18 km WSW of Charlotte, Texas
  5. 1.5 21 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  6. 2.9 10 km E of Dilley, Texas
  7. 1.7 11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  8. 1.6 19 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  9. 2.7 6 km E of Dilley, Texas
  10. 2.5 11 km ENE of Dilley, Texas
  11. 1.5 19 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  12. 1.8 24 km E of Dilley, Texas
  13. 1.7 10 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  14. 2.0 16 km SSE of Pearsall, Texas
  15. 2.0 12 km ESE of Pearsall, 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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