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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5ml

9 km SW of Lindsay, Texas

· 0.1 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 10 kmWard County 53 kmLoving County 60 kmWinkler County 78 kmCulberson County 89 kmJeff Davis County 94 kmPecos County 103 kmCrane County 107 kmEctor County 118 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (ml)
Depth
0.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Reeves County, 10 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 586 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 31.3050, -103.6030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 10 km (6 mi) E of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 53 km (33 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 60 km (37 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 78 km (49 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Culberson County, TX 89 km (55 mi) E of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Jeff Davis County, TX 94 km (59 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jeff Davis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 35 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  2. 1.9 38 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  3. 1.6 35 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  4. 1.7 22 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  5. 1.8 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  6. 2.1 34 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  7. 1.7 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  8. 2.0 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  9. 1.6 32 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 1.9 32 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  11. 2.2 33 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
  12. 2.2 32 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  13. 2.0 37 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  14. 1.9 32 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  15. 2.0 33 km WSW of Mentone, 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 4.4 on 2021-12-16 — it released about 710 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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