Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 0.9ml
Earthquake near Loving, NM
USGS: 33 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- When
- 6:08 am MDT on 30 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 40 km (25 mi) SE of Loving, NM · earthquakes near Loving
- Magnitude
- M 0.9 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Loving County, 30 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2 days ago
A magnitude 0.9 earthquake was recorded 40 km (25 mi) SE of Loving, NM, at 6:08 am MDT on 30 September 2026 (12:08 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 0.68 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 1.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 22,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 16,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1,400× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 0.9 about 0.68 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 5,600,000 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 32.0080, -103.8200. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loving County, TX | 30 km (19 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Eddy County, NM | 68 km (42 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Winkler County, TX | 75 km (46 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Reeves County, TX | 78 km (49 mi) | S | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Ward County, TX | 87 km (54 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Ward County |
| Culberson County, TX | 92 km (57 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Culberson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
6 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.0 36 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 1.5 39 km ESE of Malaga, New Mexico
- 1.7 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.4 39 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
- 2.4 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas
- 1.6 39 km WSW of Mentone, 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
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