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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8ml

53 km W of Mentone, Texas

· 7.3 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Culberson County 45 kmLoving County 59 kmReeves County 61 kmEddy County 85 kmWard County 103 kmWinkler County 106 kmHudspeth County 118 kmJeff Davis County 120 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
7.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Culberson County, 45 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 437 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 31.7020, -104.1650. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Culberson County, TX 45 km (28 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Loving County, TX 59 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Loving County
Reeves County, TX 61 km (38 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Eddy County, NM 85 km (53 mi) S of here earthquakes near Eddy County
Ward County, TX 103 km (64 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 106 km (66 mi) W of here earthquakes near Winkler County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 54 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  2. 1.5 28 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  3. 1.5 53 km W of Mentone, Texas
  4. 2.3 61 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  5. 2.2 54 km W of Mentone, Texas
  6. 1.7 61 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  7. 1.8 43 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  8. 1.8 25 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  9. 1.6 31 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 1.5 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  11. 1.8 35 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  12. 2.9 51 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  13. 1.5 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  14. 2.0 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  15. 1.6 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico

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 5.4 on 2022-11-16 — it released about 250,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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