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M 1.6ml

20 km SSE of Barstow, Texas

· 2.5 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 34 kmReeves County 36 kmLoving County 66 kmWinkler County 67 kmPecos County 81 kmCrane County 82 kmEctor County 99 kmJeff Davis County 110 kmCulberson County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
2.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 34 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 607 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 31.2820, -103.3330. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 34 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Reeves County, TX 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Loving County, TX 66 km (41 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 67 km (41 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Pecos County, TX 81 km (51 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pecos County
Crane County, TX 82 km (51 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km NE of Balmorhea, Texas
  2. 2.6 11 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 2.1 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  4. 1.8 9 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
  5. 1.8 9 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  6. 1.6 5 km E of Toyah, Texas
  7. 1.7 6 km SSE of Pecos, Texas
  8. 1.6 9 km NE of Balmorhea, Texas
  9. 2.0 30 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas
  10. 2.0 5 km NE of Balmorhea, Texas
  11. 2.2 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.6 11 km N of Toyah, Texas
  13. 1.9 18 km N of Balmorhea, Texas
  14. 1.7 16 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
  15. 1.8 5 km WNW of Pecos, 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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