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M 2.8ml

15 km NW of Barstow, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 480 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loving County 31 kmReeves County 35 kmWard County 38 kmWinkler County 52 kmEctor County 97 kmCrane County 98 kmCulberson County 98 kmPecos County 116 kmAndrews County 116 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loving County, 31 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2339 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 480 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 32,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 22,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 480 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 31.5684, -103.5037. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loving County, TX 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loving County
Reeves County, TX 35 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 38 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 52 km (32 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Ector County, TX 97 km (60 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Ector County
Crane County, TX 98 km (61 mi) W of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 35 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  2. 1.9 15 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  3. 2.3 15 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  4. 1.8 9 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
  5. 1.8 32 km WNW of Mentone, Texas
  6. 1.5 36 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  7. 1.7 15 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  8. 2.7 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  9. 2.9 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 2.5 36 km NNW of Toyah, Texas
  11. 1.7 8 km N of Toyah, Texas
  12. 2.5 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  13. 1.7 9 km N of Barstow, Texas
  14. 2.7 25 km NNE of Mentone, Texas
  15. 3.0 13 km SSE of Lindsay, 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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