Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5ml
22 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 3.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Reeves County, 27 km NW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 24 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 31.1700, -103.4820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 27 km (17 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 52 km (33 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Loving County, TX | 75 km (47 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Winkler County, TX | 84 km (52 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Pecos County, TX | 85 km (53 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Pecos County |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 91 km (56 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
25 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 31 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
- 1.7 21 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.9 21 km SSE of Barstow, Texas
- 1.7 25 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.7 19 km W of Coyanosa, Texas
- 1.6 10 km NNE of Toyah, Texas
- 1.5 15 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 1.8 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.7 18 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.6 23 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
- 1.5 28 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.7 8 km NW of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.6 12 km NNW of Barstow, Texas
- 1.5 26 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.5 7 km WNW of Lindsay, 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.
On USGS
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