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M 4.0mwr

23 km NNE of Snyder, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 15 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Scurry County 21 kmKent County 30 kmFisher County 47 kmGarza County 50 kmBorden County 58 kmStonewall County 63 kmMitchell County 69 kmDickens County 77 kmNolan County 80 km
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When
Magnitude
M 4.0 (mwr)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
146 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Scurry County, 21 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2473 days ago

This was a light earthquake. It is usually felt clearly nearby and can rattle windows and dishes, but damage is uncommon. 146 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 15 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 5.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 4.0 about 15 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 32× 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 32.9236, -100.8619. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Scurry County, TX 21 km (13 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Scurry County
Kent County, TX 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Kent County
Fisher County, TX 47 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fisher County
Garza County, TX 50 km (31 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Garza County
Borden County, TX 58 km (36 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Borden County
Stonewall County, TX 63 km (39 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Stonewall County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 11 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  2. 2.1 33 km NNE of Snyder, Texas
  3. 2.1 21 km N of Snyder, Texas
  4. 2.1 21 km N of Snyder, Texas
  5. 2.1 27 km N of Snyder, Texas
  6. 2.0 28 km N of Snyder, Texas
  7. 1.5 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  8. 2.1 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  9. 1.6 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  10. 2.1 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  11. 1.5 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  12. 1.5 11 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
  13. 2.6 11 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
  14. 2.3 7 km NNE of Snyder, Texas
  15. 1.6 7 km NNE of Snyder, 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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