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M 2.2ml

13 km SE of Tilden, Texas

· 14 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McMullen County 12 kmLive Oak County 32 kmAtascosa County 58 kmLa Salle County 63 kmBee County 70 kmDuval County 77 kmJim Wells County 79 kmKarnes County 84 kmFrio County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McMullen County, 12 km W
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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 28.3700, -98.4580. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McMullen County, TX 12 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Live Oak County, TX 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Atascosa County, TX 58 km (36 mi) S of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
La Salle County, TX 63 km (39 mi) E of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Bee County, TX 70 km (44 mi) W of here earthquakes near Bee County
Duval County, TX 77 km (48 mi) N of here earthquakes near Duval County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 18 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas
  2. 2.1 5 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  3. 1.7 20 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  4. 1.7 18 km WNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  5. 1.5 19 km WNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  6. 1.5 5 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  7. 1.6 17 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  8. 1.5 20 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  9. 2.1 20 km WNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  10. 1.6 9 km NW of Tilden, Texas
  11. 1.5 18 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  12. 1.9 8 km SE of Fowlerton, Texas
  13. 1.5 16 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  14. 2.2 6 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  15. 2.1 9 km SSE of Fowlerton, 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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