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M 1.8ml

11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas

· 8.3 km deep · released about 15 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Frio County 12 kmAtascosa County 45 kmLa Salle County 56 kmMedina County 58 kmMcMullen County 65 kmZavala County 75 kmBexar County 81 kmDimmit County 89 kmUvalde County 94 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (ml)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Frio County, 12 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 46 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 28.8440, -98.9910. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Frio County, TX 12 km (7 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Frio County
Atascosa County, TX 45 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
La Salle County, TX 56 km (35 mi) N of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Medina County, TX 58 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Medina County
McMullen County, TX 65 km (40 mi) NW of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Zavala County, TX 75 km (47 mi) E of here earthquakes near Zavala County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 17 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  2. 1.7 16 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  3. 2.0 13 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  4. 1.6 13 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  5. 1.5 15 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  6. 1.9 17 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  7. 1.7 17 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  8. 1.6 12 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  9. 1.6 14 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  10. 1.7 11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  11. 1.6 11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  12. 1.8 10 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  13. 1.6 11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  14. 1.3 11 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  15. 1.5 15 km ESE of Pearsall, 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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