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M 1.8ml

10 km W of Pyote, Texas

· 1.9 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Ward County 13 kmWinkler County 36 kmLoving County 45 kmReeves County 52 kmCrane County 72 kmEctor County 75 kmPecos County 99 kmAndrews County 102 kmUpton County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
1.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Ward County, 13 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 47 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 15 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 63× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 15 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 31.5450, -103.2370. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Ward County, TX 13 km (8 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 36 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Loving County, TX 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Reeves County, TX 52 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Crane County, TX 72 km (45 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County
Ector County, TX 75 km (46 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.6 11 km NE of Toyah, Texas
  2. 2.0 11 km NE of Toyah, Texas
  3. 1.5 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  4. 1.5 19 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 1.4 18 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  6. 1.0 21 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  7. 1.6 18 km W of Coyanosa, Texas
  8. 1.7 19 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  9. 1.5 18 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas
  10. 1.6 18 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  11. 2.1 31 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.7 21 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
  13. 1.9 21 km SSE of Barstow, Texas
  14. 1.7 25 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
  15. 1.7 19 km W 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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