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M 2.0ml
Earthquake near Crane, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Crane in the 24 hours to 11:21 pm CST (05:21 UTC). The last one was M 3.7, 182 km (113 mi) W, at 4:27 pm CDT on 28 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 2 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Crane
This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Crane, TX, at 12:43 pm CDT on 3 September 2024 (17:43 UTC), 9.5 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 28 km NE of Crane, Texas
39 km (24 mi) SSE of Odessa, TX
- When
- 12:43 pm CDT on 3 September 2024 ()
- Where
- 29 km (18 mi) northeast of Crane, TX · earthquakes near Crane
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Upton County, 27 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 727 days ago
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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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Crane, 29 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
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 31.5790, -102.1340. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upton County, TX | 27 km (16 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Upton County |
| Midland County, TX | 29 km (18 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Midland County |
| Crane County, TX | 38 km (23 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Crane County |
| Ector County, TX | 50 km (31 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Ector County |
| Reagan County, TX | 63 km (39 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Reagan County |
| Glasscock County, TX | 66 km (41 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Glasscock County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.5 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 2.0 27 km NE of Crane, Texas
- 2.3 9 km NNE of West Odessa, Texas
- 1.5 8 km NNE of West Odessa, Texas
- 1.8 2 km WSW of Odessa, Texas
- 1.5 27 km N of Rankin, Texas
- 2.3 21 km ESE of Midland, Texas
- 1.5 5 km SE of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 9 km ESE of Midland, Texas
- 1.7 5 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
- 1.7 34 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 2.1 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas
- 1.5 19 km SE of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 5 km SE of Gardendale, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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