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M 5.0mww

41 km W of Mentone, Texas

· 9.5 km deep · released about 480 tons of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loving County 48 kmCulberson County 55 kmReeves County 55 kmEddy County 86 kmWard County 92 kmWinkler County 94 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 5.0 (mww)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
1468 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Measured shaking
intensity V (ShakeMap)
USGS impact alert
green
Nearest
Loving County, 48 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 279 days ago

This was a moderate earthquake. Shaking at this size can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre. 1468 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 480 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 6.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 5.0 about 480 tons of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1,000× 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 31.7168, -104.0419. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loving County, TX 48 km (30 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Loving County
Culberson County, TX 55 km (34 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Culberson County
Reeves County, TX 55 km (34 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Eddy County, NM 86 km (53 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Eddy County
Ward County, TX 92 km (57 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Winkler County, TX 94 km (59 mi) W of here earthquakes near Winkler County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 34 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico
  2. 3.1 51 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  3. 1.6 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  4. 2.6 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  5. 3.1 57 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  6. 2.8 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  7. 2.6 western Texas
  8. 2.5 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  9. 2.4 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  10. 2.9 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  11. 2.0 52 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  12. 2.7 42 km NW of Toyah, Texas
  13. 2.6 60 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  14. 2.7 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
  15. 2.6 49 km NW of Toyah, 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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