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M 1.7ml

16 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico

· 3.9 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Winkler County 23 kmAndrews County 48 kmEctor County 51 kmLoving County 54 kmWard County 59 kmCrane County 86 kmGaines County 87 kmLea County 91 kmMidland County 101 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
3.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Winkler County, 23 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 429 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 32.0410, -103.0410. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Winkler County, TX 23 km (14 mi) N of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Andrews County, TX 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Ector County, TX 51 km (32 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Loving County, TX 54 km (33 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Ward County, TX 59 km (37 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ward County
Crane County, TX 86 km (54 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 1.5 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 2.3 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  4. 3.4 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  5. 1.7 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 2.1 15 km NE of Jal, New Mexico
  7. 2.0 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  8. 1.7 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 2.8 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  10. 1.6 11 km NNW of Kermit, Texas
  11. 1.8 11 km NNW of Kermit, Texas
  12. 1.9 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 2.5 11 km NNW of Kermit, Texas
  14. 1.7 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  15. 2.4 11 km NNW of Kermit, 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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