Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4mb_lg
23 km SSW of Lovington, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lea County, 6 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2206 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 32.7618, -103.4673. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea County, NM | 6 km (4 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Lea County |
| Yoakum County, TX | 74 km (46 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Yoakum County |
| Gaines County, TX | 78 km (49 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Gaines County |
| Eddy County, NM | 86 km (53 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Eddy County |
| Andrews County, TX | 92 km (57 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Loving County, TX | 102 km (64 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
5 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.3 15 km W of Eunice, New Mexico
- 2.5 20 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
- 2.7 24 km WSW of Eunice, New Mexico
- 2.9 26 km SW of Monument, New Mexico
- 3.2 38 km SW of Monument, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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