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M 2.3ml

31 km SSE of Midland, Texas

· 9.1 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Midland County 10 kmGlasscock County 43 kmUpton County 44 kmReagan County 58 kmEctor County 58 kmCrane County 62 kmMartin County 63 kmHoward County 79 kmSterling County 85 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
9.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Midland County, 10 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 586 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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 31.7410, -101.9470. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Midland County, TX 10 km (6 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Midland County
Glasscock County, TX 43 km (26 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Upton County, TX 44 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Upton County
Reagan County, TX 58 km (36 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Reagan County
Ector County, TX 58 km (36 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Crane County, TX 62 km (39 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 12 km SSE of Stanton, Texas
  2. 1.7 10 km SE of Midland, Texas
  3. 1.6 11 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  4. 1.5 20 km WSW of Garden City, Texas
  5. 1.5 20 km SE of Midland, Texas
  6. 1.6 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  7. 1.5 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  8. 2.0 27 km NE of Crane, Texas
  9. 1.6 14 km SSE of Stanton, Texas
  10. 2.3 14 km ESE of Stanton, Texas
  11. 1.8 23 km W of Garden City, Texas
  12. 2.2 23 km W of Garden City, Texas
  13. 1.7 25 km W of Garden City, Texas
  14. 1.7 26 km S of Stanton, Texas
  15. 1.8 2 km WSW of Odessa, 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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