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M 1.6ml

21 km NE of Hoehne, Colorado

· 7.1 km deep · released about 7.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Las Animas County 15 kmOtero County 68 kmHuerfano County 75 kmPueblo County 89 kmColfax County 96 kmCrowley County 108 kmCostilla County 110 kmBent County 114 kmUnion County 119 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (ml)
Depth
7.1 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Las Animas County, 15 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1667 days 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 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 37.3963, -104.1881. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Las Animas County, CO 15 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Las Animas County
Otero County, CO 68 km (42 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Otero County
Huerfano County, CO 75 km (47 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Huerfano County
Pueblo County, CO 89 km (55 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Pueblo County
Colfax County, NM 96 km (60 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Colfax County
Crowley County, CO 108 km (67 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Crowley County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado
  2. 2.8 7 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado
  3. 1.5 Colorado
  4. 1.5 9 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado
  5. 1.7 9 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado
  6. 2.2 7 km N of El Moro, Colorado
  7. 1.9 8 km N of El Moro, Colorado
  8. 1.9 7 km WNW of Hoehne, Colorado
  9. 1.7 6 km N of Hoehne, Colorado
  10. 2.5 9 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado
  11. 1.5 8 km SE of Walsenburg, Colorado
  12. 1.5 7 km N of El Moro, Colorado
  13. 1.5 Colorado
  14. 2.2 7 km NNW of El Moro, Colorado
  15. 1.7 5 km ENE of El Moro, Colorado

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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