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M 1.7ml

36 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

· 5.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 46 kmWard County 59 kmPecos County 67 kmJeff Davis County 92 kmLoving County 93 kmCrane County 93 kmWinkler County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Reeves County, 46 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 454 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 31.0300, -103.3570. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 46 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 59 km (37 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Pecos County, TX 67 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pecos County
Jeff Davis County, TX 92 km (57 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jeff Davis County
Loving County, TX 93 km (58 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Crane County, TX 93 km (58 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 11 km W of Lindsay, Texas
  2. 1.6 21 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 2.0 13 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  4. 2.4 9 km SSE of Toyah, Texas
  5. 1.5 10 km E of Toyah, Texas
  6. 1.8 17 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
  7. 1.5 16 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  8. 1.6 15 km SSE of Toyah, Texas
  9. 1.9 10 km E of Toyah, Texas
  10. 2.4 24 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.6 13 km N of Balmorhea, Texas
  12. 1.5 23 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  13. 1.5 9 km SSE of Pecos, Texas
  14. 2.2 12 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  15. 1.5 13 km ESE 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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