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M 2.3ml

12 km NNW of Kermit, Texas

· 7.6 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Winkler County 16 kmLoving County 42 kmWard County 50 kmEctor County 58 kmAndrews County 61 kmCrane County 86 kmReeves County 90 kmLea County 96 kmGaines County 99 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (ml)
Depth
7.6 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Winkler County, 16 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 207 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 31.9600, -103.1420. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Winkler County, TX 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Loving County, TX 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Ward County, TX 50 km (31 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ward County
Ector County, TX 58 km (36 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ector County
Andrews County, TX 61 km (38 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Crane County, TX 86 km (53 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  2. 1.5 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  3. 1.5 22 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  4. 1.5 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  5. 1.8 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  6. 2.6 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  7. 2.1 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  8. 2.1 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  9. 1.6 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  10. 1.9 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  11. 1.9 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  12. 1.5 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  13. 1.6 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  14. 2.0 24 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  15. 1.7 24 km NNE of Mentone, 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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