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M 1.7ml

7 km SSE of Christine, Texas

· 8.7 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Atascosa County 20 kmMcMullen County 39 kmLive Oak County 53 kmWilson County 63 kmFrio County 64 kmKarnes County 64 kmLa Salle County 73 kmBee County 79 kmBexar County 81 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
8.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Atascosa County, 20 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 132 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 28.7200, -98.4740. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Atascosa County, TX 20 km (12 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
McMullen County, TX 39 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Live Oak County, TX 53 km (33 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
Wilson County, TX 63 km (39 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Wilson County
Frio County, TX 64 km (40 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Frio County
Karnes County, TX 64 km (40 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Karnes County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  2. 1.7 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  3. 2.0 17 km E of Pleasanton, Texas
  4. 2.3 16 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  5. 2.3 19 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  6. 2.3 14 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  7. 1.6 7 km N of Three Rivers, Texas
  8. 2.3 15 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  9. 1.9 8 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  10. 2.1 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  11. 1.5 7 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  12. 1.5 16 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas
  13. 1.7 8 km SSE of Christine, Texas
  14. 1.9 20 km ENE of Tilden, Texas
  15. 1.5 20 km ENE of Tilden, 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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