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M 1.5ml

14 km N of Crane, Texas

· 7.7 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Crane County 16 kmUpton County 37 kmEctor County 41 kmMidland County 47 kmWard County 70 kmWinkler County 73 kmReagan County 83 kmGlasscock County 89 kmPecos County 90 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Crane County, 16 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 388 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 31.5300, -102.3720. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Crane County, TX 16 km (10 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Crane County
Upton County, TX 37 km (23 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Upton County
Ector County, TX 41 km (25 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Midland County, TX 47 km (29 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Midland County
Ward County, TX 70 km (43 mi) E of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 73 km (45 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Winkler County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 31 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  2. 1.9 30 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  3. 2.5 37 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  4. 1.5 15 km SSW of Goldsmith, Texas
  5. 3.5 16 km SSW of Goldsmith, Texas
  6. 2.4 8 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  7. 2.4 7 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  8. 2.5 29 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  9. 1.5 35 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  10. 1.5 7 km NNW of Odessa, Texas
  11. 1.5 30 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  12. 1.5 23 km SE of Odessa, Texas
  13. 1.6 8 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  14. 1.5 35 km SE of Odessa, Texas
  15. 1.6 25 km SSE of Midland, 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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