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M 1.5ml

35 km SE of Odessa, Texas

· 8.9 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Midland County 20 kmUpton County 33 kmCrane County 47 kmEctor County 50 kmGlasscock County 58 kmReagan County 61 kmMartin County 74 kmAndrews County 91 kmHoward County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
8.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Midland County, 20 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 153 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 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 31.6500, -102.0750. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Midland County, TX 20 km (12 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Midland County
Upton County, TX 33 km (21 mi) N of here earthquakes near Upton County
Crane County, TX 47 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Crane County
Ector County, TX 50 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Ector County
Glasscock County, TX 58 km (36 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Glasscock County
Reagan County, TX 61 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Reagan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 0.6 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  2. 1.2 17 km WSW of Garden City, Texas
  3. 1.7 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  4. 2.0 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  5. 1.5 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  6. 1.8 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  7. 2.4 24 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  8. 2.7 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  9. 1.8 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  10. 1.8 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  11. 3.6 26 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  12. 1.6 25 km SW of Garden City, Texas
  13. 1.5 22 km W of Garden City, Texas
  14. 1.9 30 km SSE of Midland, Texas
  15. 1.5 11 km E of Gardendale, 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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