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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5ml

24 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas

· 8.1 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Scurry County 28 kmMitchell County 33 kmBorden County 37 kmHoward County 42 kmFisher County 69 kmNolan County 71 kmGarza County 72 kmKent County 77 kmSterling County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report
Nearest
Scurry County, 28 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 81 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

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 32.5590, -101.1120. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Scurry County, TX 28 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Mitchell County, TX 33 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Mitchell County
Borden County, TX 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Borden County
Howard County, TX 42 km (26 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Howard County
Fisher County, TX 69 km (43 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Fisher County
Nolan County, TX 71 km (44 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Nolan 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. 2.6 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 1.8 9 km E of Coahoma, Texas
  3. 1.5 6 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas
  4. 1.8 12 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas
  5. 1.6 18 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas
  6. 1.5 18 km N of Snyder, Texas
  7. 1.6 18 km N of Snyder, Texas
  8. 2.9 17 km N of Snyder, Texas
  9. 1.5 18 km N of Snyder, Texas
  10. 2.0 24 km E of Forsan, Texas
  11. 2.5 17 km N of Snyder, Texas
  12. 1.9 15 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 1.9 16 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  14. 1.6 23 km SW of Snyder, Texas
  15. 1.8 14 km SW 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.

For this area

The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.1 on 2024-07-26 — it released about 250,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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