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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8ml

11 km NNE of Midland, Texas

· 8.1 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Martin County 26 kmMidland County 30 kmGlasscock County 53 kmEctor County 55 kmHoward County 60 kmAndrews County 63 kmDawson County 73 kmUpton County 81 kmCrane County 86 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
16 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Martin County, 26 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 298 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 16 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 32.0860, -102.0240. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Martin County, TX 26 km (16 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Martin County
Midland County, TX 30 km (19 mi) N of here earthquakes near Midland County
Glasscock County, TX 53 km (33 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Ector County, TX 55 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Howard County, TX 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Howard County
Andrews County, TX 63 km (39 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Andrews County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 37 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas
  2. 1.5 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  3. 1.5 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas
  4. 2.0 13 km W of Stanton, Texas
  5. 1.7 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  6. 2.8 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  7. 2.4 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  8. 2.0 13 km W of Stanton, Texas
  9. 3.1 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  10. 1.7 12 km W of Forsan, Texas
  11. 1.6 33 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas
  12. 1.5 34 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
  13. 1.5 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas
  14. 1.5 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas
  15. 1.7 12 km WSW of Stanton, 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.2 on 2022-12-16 — it released about 4,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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