Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.6ml
18 km E of El Indio, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 1.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Maverick County, 30 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 351 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.8 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 45,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.6 about 3.8 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 7.9× more
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 28.5220, -100.1210. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maverick County, TX | 30 km (19 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Maverick County |
| Dimmit County, TX | 36 km (23 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Dimmit County |
| Zavala County, TX | 52 km (32 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Zavala County |
| Kinney County, TX | 96 km (60 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Kinney County |
| Uvalde County, TX | 98 km (61 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Uvalde County |
| La Salle County, TX | 102 km (63 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near La Salle County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.7 17 km NE of El Indio, Texas
- 2.2 21 km W of Carrizo Springs, Texas
- 2.0 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas
- 1.9 8 km S of Asherton, Texas
- 2.4 15 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
- 2.3 13 km SSW of Asherton, Texas
- 2.1 21 km SW of Catarina, Texas
- 2.0 17 km E of El Indio, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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