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M 2.3mb_lg

Earthquake near Hobbs, NM

USGS: 22 km NW of Monument, New Mexico

3:30 am MDT, Jun 28, 2020 · · 5.0 km deep · released about 85 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lea County 6 kmYoakum County 73 kmGaines County 76 kmEddy County 87 kmAndrews County 90 kmLoving County 101 kmWinkler County 109 kmCochran County 111 kmTerry County 113 km
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When
3:30 am MDT on 28 June 2020 ()
Where
30 km (18 mi) W of Hobbs, NM · earthquakes near Hobbs
Magnitude
M 2.3 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Lea County, 6 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2218 days ago

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 30 km (18 mi) W of Hobbs, NM, at 3:30 am MDT on 28 June 2020 (09:30 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Lovington.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 85 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 85 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 32.7518, -103.4471. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Lea County, NM 6 km (4 mi) NNE earthquakes near Lea County
Yoakum County, TX 73 km (46 mi) NE earthquakes near Yoakum County
Gaines County, TX 76 km (47 mi) E earthquakes near Gaines County
Eddy County, NM 87 km (54 mi) WSW earthquakes near Eddy County
Andrews County, TX 90 km (56 mi) ESE earthquakes near Andrews County
Loving County, TX 101 km (63 mi) S earthquakes near Loving County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 15 km W of Eunice, New Mexico
  2. 2.5 20 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
  3. 2.8 14 km SW of Eunice, New Mexico
  4. 2.7 24 km WSW of Eunice, New Mexico
  5. 2.9 26 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
  6. 3.2 38 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
  7. 2.4 23 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
  8. 2.7 22 km NW of Monument, New Mexico
  9. 2.4 21 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
  10. 2.7 21 km NW of Monument, New Mexico
  11. 2.6 22 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
  12. 2.9 22 km NW of Monument, New Mexico
  13. 2.7 21 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
  14. 2.4 22 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
  15. 2.8 23 km SSW of Lovington, 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.

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