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M 3.0ml

30 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 950 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Reeves County 44 kmWard County 52 kmPecos County 68 kmWinkler County 87 kmLoving County 87 kmCrane County 88 kmJeff Davis County 97 kmEctor County 115 km
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When
Magnitude
M 3.0 (ml)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Reeves County, 44 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2272 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 950 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 16,000× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 11,000× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.0 about 950 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 31.0834, -103.3289. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Reeves County, TX 44 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Reeves County
Ward County, TX 52 km (32 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Ward County
Pecos County, TX 68 km (42 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Pecos County
Winkler County, TX 87 km (54 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Loving County, TX 87 km (54 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Crane County, TX 88 km (55 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Crane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 30 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  2. 2.1 17 km S of Lindsay, Texas
  3. 2.5 33 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  4. 1.7 25 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  5. 2.5 31 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas
  6. 2.4 36 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
  7. 2.8 32 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  8. 2.5 30 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas
  9. 1.9 3 km SSW of Pecos, Texas
  10. 1.6 8 km NW of Lindsay, Texas
  11. 2.0 33 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
  12. 1.7 24 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
  13. 1.6 35 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
  14. 1.5 37 km E of Balmorhea, Texas
  15. 1.5 34 km ENE of Balmorhea, 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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