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M 2.6mb_lg

6 km SSW of Timpson, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Shelby County 27 kmNacogdoches County 31 kmPanola County 37 kmRusk County 43 kmSan Augustine County 57 kmAngelina County 69 kmDe Soto Parish 69 kmCherokee County 69 kmSabine County 78 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Shelby County, 27 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2542 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

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 31.8468, -94.4226. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Shelby County, TX 27 km (17 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Shelby County
Nacogdoches County, TX 31 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Nacogdoches County
Panola County, TX 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Panola County
Rusk County, TX 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Rusk County
San Augustine County, TX 57 km (36 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near San Augustine County
Angelina County, TX 69 km (43 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Angelina County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 3.2 5 km WSW of Huxley, Texas
  2. 3.0 8 km W of Huxley, Texas
  3. 2.6 5 km WSW of Chireno, Texas
  4. 3.0 5 km WSW of Chireno, Texas
  5. 2.4 9 km WNW of Huxley, Texas
  6. 2.4 10 km W of Huxley, Texas
  7. 2.3 6 km SW of Huxley, Texas
  8. 3.1 12 km W of Nacogdoches, Texas
  9. 2.5 6 km NW of Timpson, Texas
  10. 2.4 14 km W of Nacogdoches, 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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