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M 2.6mb_lg

12 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Live Oak County 25 kmMcMullen County 33 kmAtascosa County 47 kmBee County 55 kmKarnes County 60 kmWilson County 74 kmLa Salle County 82 kmGoliad County 85 kmFrio County 89 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Live Oak County, 25 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 452 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 1 person has 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 28.5293, -98.2877. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Live Oak County, TX 25 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Live Oak County
McMullen County, TX 33 km (20 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMullen County
Atascosa County, TX 47 km (29 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Bee County, TX 55 km (34 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Bee County
Karnes County, TX 60 km (37 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Karnes County
Wilson County, TX 74 km (46 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Wilson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 11 km SW of Falls City, Texas
  2. 2.3 23 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  3. 1.5 22 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  4. 1.7 22 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  5. 1.7 22 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  6. 2.1 10 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  7. 2.8 9 km N of Three Rivers, Texas
  8. 1.9 10 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  9. 1.8 11 km W of Tilden, Texas
  10. 1.9 13 km WNW of Tilden, Texas
  11. 1.7 11 km ESE of Pleasanton, Texas
  12. 1.9 11 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  13. 1.9 12 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  14. 2.0 10 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
  15. 1.9 9 km NNE of Three Rivers, 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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