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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6ml

19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas

· 8.2 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wilson County 33 kmKarnes County 33 kmAtascosa County 33 kmLive Oak County 61 kmMcMullen County 68 kmBee County 69 kmBexar County 69 kmGoliad County 79 kmGuadalupe County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wilson County, 33 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 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 28.8950, -98.1930. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wilson County, TX 33 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wilson County
Karnes County, TX 33 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Karnes County
Atascosa County, TX 33 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Live Oak County, TX 61 km (38 mi) N of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
McMullen County, TX 68 km (42 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Bee County, TX 69 km (43 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Bee County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  2. 1.6 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  3. 1.5 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  4. 2.0 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  5. 2.4 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  6. 2.1 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  7. 1.8 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  8. 1.8 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  9. 1.5 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  10. 1.7 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  11. 2.1 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  12. 1.9 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  13. 1.8 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  14. 2.8 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  15. 1.8 19 km WSW of Falls City, 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 4.6 on 2025-01-30 — it released about 32,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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