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M 2.6mb_lg

13 km NNW of Midland, TX

9 km (6 mi) NNW of Midland, TX

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Martin County 28 kmMidland County 35 kmEctor County 46 kmAndrews County 52 kmGlasscock County 64 kmHoward County 70 kmDawson County 73 kmCrane County 83 kmUpton County 84 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
11 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Martin County, 28 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2070 days ago

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was recorded 13 km NNW of Midland, TX at 12:25 UTC on 2020-10-07. 11 people have reported feeling it to USGS. This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Midland, Gardendale.

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 32.1038, -102.1400. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Martin County, TX 28 km (18 mi) NE earthquakes near Martin County
Midland County, TX 35 km (22 mi) SSE earthquakes near Midland County
Ector County, TX 46 km (29 mi) SW earthquakes near Ector County
Andrews County, TX 52 km (33 mi) WNW earthquakes near Andrews County
Glasscock County, TX 64 km (40 mi) ESE earthquakes near Glasscock County
Howard County, TX 70 km (43 mi) ENE earthquakes near Howard County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 12 km N of Midland, Texas
  2. 1.6 18 km N of Stanton, Texas
  3. 1.6 13 km NNW of Midland, Texas
  4. 2.1 5 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  5. 1.5 30 km W of Garden City, Texas
  6. 1.7 7 km SE of Midland, Texas
  7. 1.7 7 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  8. 3.1 6 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  9. 2.7 6 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
  10. 3.2 11 km NE of Odessa, Texas
  11. 1.8 10 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
  12. 1.8 11 km N of Midland, Texas
  13. 1.5 7 km SE of Midland, Texas
  14. 3.2 14 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas
  15. 3.0 16 km N of Stanton, 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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