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M 1.5ml

15 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas

· 5.2 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 23 kmWard County 48 kmLoving County 68 kmWinkler County 78 kmPecos County 90 kmJeff Davis County 95 kmCrane County 98 kmCulberson County 101 kmEctor County 114 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (ml)
Depth
5.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Reeves County, 23 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 124 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 31.2340, -103.4920. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 23 km (14 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 48 km (30 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Loving County, TX 68 km (42 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loving County
Winkler County, TX 78 km (49 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Pecos County, TX 90 km (56 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pecos County
Jeff Davis County, TX 95 km (59 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jeff Davis County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  2. 1.5 35 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
  3. 1.9 21 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  4. 1.7 10 km NNE of Toyah, Texas
  5. 1.6 18 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
  6. 1.8 17 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  7. 1.9 18 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  8. 1.6 12 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  9. 1.8 21 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 1.5 14 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 1.5 21 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  12. 1.9 22 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  13. 1.8 8 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
  14. 2.0 7 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas
  15. 1.6 36 km SW of Coyanosa, 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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