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M 1.5ml

34 km SSE of Midland, Texas

· 7.7 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Midland County 13 kmUpton County 39 kmGlasscock County 47 kmEctor County 56 kmCrane County 57 kmReagan County 57 kmMartin County 68 kmHoward County 84 kmSterling County 89 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
7.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Midland County, 13 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 363 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 31.7010, -101.9810. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Midland County, TX 13 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near Midland County
Upton County, TX 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Upton County
Glasscock County, TX 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Ector County, TX 56 km (35 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Crane County, TX 57 km (35 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Crane County
Reagan County, TX 57 km (36 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Reagan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  2. 1.5 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  3. 1.5 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  4. 2.0 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  5. 1.8 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  6. 3.2 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  7. 1.7 28 km SE of Midland, Texas
  8. 1.5 12 km W of Stanton, Texas
  9. 1.7 13 km W of Stanton, Texas
  10. 2.4 13 km W of Stanton, Texas
  11. 1.9 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  12. 1.9 13 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  13. 1.7 22 km WNW of Garden City, Texas
  14. 1.7 13 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  15. 1.5 13 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.

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