Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
Yes. A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico, at 2:19 am MDT on 13 September 2026 (08:19 UTC), 6.2 km deep.
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Culberson County, 27 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 58 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 4 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 5.4 on 2022-11-16 — about 500,000 times the energy of this one.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 31.6560, -104.3820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culberson County, TX | 27 km (17 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Culberson County |
| Reeves County, TX | 74 km (46 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Loving County, TX | 80 km (50 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Eddy County, NM | 89 km (56 mi) | N | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Hudspeth County, TX | 97 km (60 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Hudspeth County |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 116 km (72 mi) | S | earthquakes near Jeff Davis County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
57 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.4 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.5 50 km NW of Toyah, Texas
- 3.2 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.7 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.9 55 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.7 46 km NW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.3 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.7 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.7 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.7 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.6 55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- 1.8 54 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico
- 2.3 57 km S of Whites City, 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.
On USGS
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- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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