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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.4ml

20 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas

· 5.7 km deep · released about 1.9 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Karnes County 36 kmAtascosa County 38 kmLive Oak County 45 kmWilson County 48 kmBee County 56 kmMcMullen County 57 kmGoliad County 73 kmBexar County 84 kmDeWitt County 87 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 3.4 (ml)
Depth
5.7 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Karnes County, 36 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 99 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 1.9 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.4 about 1.9 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 4× more

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 28.7520, -98.1750. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Karnes County, TX 36 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Karnes County
Atascosa County, TX 38 km (24 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Live Oak County, TX 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Wilson County, TX 48 km (30 mi) S of here earthquakes near Wilson County
Bee County, TX 56 km (35 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Bee County
McMullen County, TX 57 km (35 mi) NE of here earthquakes near McMullen County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 20 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
  2. 1.5 20 km NE of Tilden, Texas
  3. 1.7 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  4. 1.8 21 km ENE of Tilden, Texas
  5. 1.5 8 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  6. 1.6 21 km ENE of Tilden, Texas
  7. 1.9 21 km ENE of Tilden, Texas
  8. 1.5 7 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  9. 1.8 7 km N of Three Rivers, Texas
  10. 2.3 6 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  11. 1.5 7 km N of Three Rivers, Texas
  12. 2.0 8 km N of Three Rivers, Texas
  13. 1.7 8 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  14. 1.9 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  15. 1.5 8 km SSE of Christine, 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 4.6 on 2025-01-30 — it released about 63 times the energy of this one.

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

On USGS

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