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M 2.4ml

6 km NNE of Midland, Texas

· 6.2 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Midland County 26 kmMartin County 30 kmEctor County 52 kmGlasscock County 53 kmHoward County 63 kmAndrews County 64 kmUpton County 77 kmDawson County 78 kmCrane County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
16 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Midland County, 26 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 128 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 16 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 32.0490, -102.0410. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Midland County, TX 26 km (16 mi) N of here earthquakes near Midland County
Martin County, TX 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Martin County
Ector County, TX 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Glasscock County, TX 53 km (33 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Howard County, TX 63 km (39 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Howard County
Andrews County, TX 64 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

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

  1. 1.6 24 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  2. 2.1 17 km NNE of Midland, Texas
  3. 2.1 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  4. 2.2 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  5. 2.2 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  6. 2.1 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  7. 1.5 10 km S of Midland, Texas
  8. 2.0 30 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
  9. 1.7 15 km NW of Midland, Texas
  10. 1.6 10 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  11. 1.6 39 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
  12. 2.7 11 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  13. 2.9 14 km N of Stanton, Texas
  14. 1.6 12 km WSW of Stanton, Texas
  15. 1.6 31 km SSW of Los Ybanez, 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 16,000 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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