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M 2.3ml

16 km SE of Coahoma, Texas

· 6.4 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Howard County 27 kmMitchell County 28 kmSterling County 41 kmGlasscock County 47 kmCoke County 62 kmBorden County 66 kmScurry County 67 kmNolan County 74 kmMartin County 74 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
6.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Howard County, 27 km WNW
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 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 32.1840, -101.1870. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Howard County, TX 27 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Howard County
Mitchell County, TX 28 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Sterling County, TX 41 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sterling County
Glasscock County, TX 47 km (29 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Coke County, TX 62 km (39 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Coke County
Borden County, TX 66 km (41 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Borden 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. 2.2 16 km SE of Coahoma, Texas
  2. 1.8 10 km W of Forsan, Texas
  3. 1.6 19 km NW of Westbrook, Texas
  4. 2.7 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  5. 2.0 7 km ESE of Big Spring, Texas
  6. 2.0 7 km ESE of Big Spring, Texas
  7. 2.5 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  8. 2.5 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  9. 3.2 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  10. 1.5 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas
  11. 1.6 western Texas
  12. 1.5 11 km W of Forsan, Texas
  13. 1.5 7 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  14. 2.9 7 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas
  15. 1.7 24 km SSW of Westbrook, 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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