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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7ml

8 km NNE of Pyote, Texas

· 1.9 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 11 kmWinkler County 25 kmLoving County 51 kmEctor County 60 kmCrane County 62 kmReeves County 67 kmAndrews County 89 kmPecos County 100 kmUpton County 105 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
1.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 11 km S
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 80 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 31.6110, -103.1020. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 11 km (7 mi) N of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 25 km (16 mi) S of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Loving County, TX 51 km (31 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Ector County, TX 60 km (37 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Crane County, TX 62 km (38 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Crane County
Reeves County, TX 67 km (42 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Reeves County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 11 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 1.8 15 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 1.6 7 km SE of Pecos, Texas
  4. 1.6 15 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 1.7 19 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 1.5 15 km SSW of Goldsmith, Texas
  7. 1.5 20 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  8. 3.5 16 km SSW of Goldsmith, Texas
  9. 1.7 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  10. 2.0 17 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 1.6 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  12. 1.8 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 1.6 19 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  14. 1.9 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  15. 1.7 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico

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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