Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.7ml
58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.5 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Culberson County, 32 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1 hour 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 350,000 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 31.6520, -104.2920. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culberson County, TX | 32 km (20 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Culberson County |
| Reeves County, TX | 67 km (42 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Loving County, TX | 72 km (45 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Eddy County, NM | 90 km (56 mi) | N | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Hudspeth County, TX | 105 km (65 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Hudspeth County |
| Ward County, TX | 113 km (71 mi) | E | earthquakes near Ward County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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