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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6ml

22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas

· 7.7 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Martin County 11 kmMidland County 45 kmHoward County 54 kmDawson County 58 kmGlasscock County 60 kmAndrews County 61 kmEctor County 64 kmBorden County 78 kmGaines County 83 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Martin County, 11 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 660 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 32.2220, -102.0040. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Martin County, TX 11 km (7 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Martin County
Midland County, TX 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Midland County
Howard County, TX 54 km (34 mi) W of here earthquakes near Howard County
Dawson County, TX 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Dawson County
Glasscock County, TX 60 km (37 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Andrews County, TX 61 km (38 mi) E of here earthquakes near Andrews County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 16 km NW of Stanton, Texas
  2. 1.5 13 km NW of Garden City, Texas
  3. 3.0 21 km NNW of Stanton, Texas
  4. 1.5 14 km SSE of Stanton, Texas
  5. 1.6 35 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
  6. 1.9 9 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
  7. 1.8 35 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
  8. 1.6 8 km SE of Midland, Texas
  9. 1.6 1 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  10. 1.8 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
  11. 1.5 16 km SE of Stanton, Texas
  12. 1.5 36 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
  13. 2.1 35 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
  14. 1.6 5 km SE of Midland, Texas
  15. 1.7 20 km NW of Stanton, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2022-12-16 — it released about 7,900 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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