Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 5.0ml
38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 5.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- 499 reports · strongest reported intensity VII
- Measured shaking
- intensity VI (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Nearest
- Roberts County, 14 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 4 days ago
This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. 499 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 480 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 5.0 about 480 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1,000× 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 35.9020, -100.9760. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts County, TX | 14 km (9 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Roberts County |
| Hutchinson County, TX | 36 km (22 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Hutchinson County |
| Ochiltree County, TX | 44 km (28 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Ochiltree County |
| Hansford County, TX | 54 km (33 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Hansford County |
| Gray County, TX | 57 km (36 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Gray County |
| Hemphill County, TX | 64 km (39 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Hemphill County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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 4.3 on 2021-04-14.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.