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M 1.6ml

8 km NNW of Barstow, Texas

· 6.8 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 31 kmReeves County 36 kmLoving County 37 kmWinkler County 49 kmCrane County 90 kmEctor County 92 kmCulberson County 104 kmPecos County 108 kmAndrews County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
6.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 31 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 719 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 31.5270, -103.4320. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 31 km (19 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ward County
Reeves County, TX 36 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 37 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 49 km (31 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Crane County, TX 90 km (56 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County
Ector County, TX 92 km (57 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 2.4 7 km NE of Toyah, Texas
  3. 2.1 7 km NE of Toyah, Texas
  4. 1.7 9 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 1.5 7 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  6. 1.7 21 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  7. 2.4 12 km NNW of Mentone, Texas
  8. 2.2 34 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  9. 2.4 14 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  10. 2.6 22 km NW of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 3.0 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.5 21 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  13. 1.5 9 km SSW of Lindsay, Texas
  14. 1.6 21 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  15. 1.5 10 km SSW of Lindsay, 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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