Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.1mb_lg
19 km SW of Eunice, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.1 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 2.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Winkler County, 55 km SSE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1093 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 1,300 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 250,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 11,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 7,900× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.1 about 1,300 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.4× more
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 32.2903, -103.2817. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler County, TX | 55 km (34 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Loving County, TX | 56 km (35 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Lea County, NM | 58 km (36 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Lea County |
| Andrews County, TX | 60 km (37 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Gaines County, TX | 79 km (49 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Gaines County |
| Ector County, TX | 84 km (52 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Ector County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
36 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 14 km E of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.8 16 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.9 20 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.4 20 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.8 18 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.7 19 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.0 18 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.9 18 km ESE of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.9 25 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.1 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.3 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.2 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.9 25 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 2.0 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
- 1.7 27 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.0 on 2021-07-19 — it released about 22 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.