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M 2.6mb_lg

5 km NNW of Venus, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Johnson County 25 kmEllis County 34 kmTarrant County 36 kmDallas County 45 kmHill County 55 kmHood County 67 kmSomervell County 67 kmParker County 72 kmNavarro County 77 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Johnson County, 25 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3582 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 32.4775, -97.1202. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Johnson County, TX 25 km (16 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Johnson County
Ellis County, TX 34 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ellis County
Tarrant County, TX 36 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Tarrant County
Dallas County, TX 45 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Dallas County
Hill County, TX 55 km (34 mi) N of here earthquakes near Hill County
Hood County, TX 67 km (42 mi) E of here earthquakes near Hood County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 6 km SSE of Farmers Branch, Texas
  2. 2.2 5 km S of Farmers Branch, Texas
  3. 3.1 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
  4. 3.2 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
  5. 1.5 5 km NNE of Irving, Texas
  6. 2.3 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
  7. 1.8 5 km N of Itasca, Texas
  8. 2.3 6 km NNE of Irving, Texas
  9. 1.6 5 km SSW of Farmers Branch, Texas
  10. 1.6 6 km N of Itasca, Texas
  11. 1.5 5 km S of Grandview, Texas
  12. 2.4 2 km SSW of Joshua, Texas
  13. 1.8 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas
  14. 3.2 8 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
  15. 2.5 4 km SSE of Rendon, 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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