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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

17 km NNE of Amarillo, Texas

· 11 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Potter County 15 kmCarson County 35 kmRandall County 47 kmMoore County 55 kmArmstrong County 56 kmHutchinson County 63 kmOldham County 79 kmGray County 84 kmDeaf Smith County 92 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Potter County, 15 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 570 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 35.3600, -101.7330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Potter County, TX 15 km (9 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Potter County
Carson County, TX 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Carson County
Randall County, TX 47 km (29 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Randall County
Moore County, TX 55 km (34 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Moore County
Armstrong County, TX 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Armstrong County
Hutchinson County, TX 63 km (39 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Hutchinson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  2. 1.8 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  3. 2.2 11 km WNW of Fritch, Texas
  4. 2.0 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  5. 2.1 7 km NNE of Amarillo, Texas
  6. 1.9 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  7. 1.7 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  8. 2.0 18 km E of Boys Ranch, Texas
  9. 2.5 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  10. 2.0 11 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  11. 1.9 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  12. 2.2 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  13. 2.7 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  14. 2.3 8 km NE of Amarillo, Texas
  15. 2.8 15 km NE of Amarillo, 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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