Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.2ml
28 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Reeves County, 56 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 6 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 60 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 30.8390, -103.5050. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves County, TX | 56 km (35 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 70 km (43 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Jeff Davis County |
| Pecos County, TX | 76 km (47 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Pecos County |
| Ward County, TX | 84 km (52 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Loving County, TX | 112 km (70 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Crane County, TX | 117 km (72 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Crane County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.9 37 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.1 34 km ENE of Balmorhea, Texas
- 1.7 37 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
- 1.5 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas
- 1.5 19 km S 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
- 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.