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M 2.6mb_lg

4 km SSE of Pearsall, Texas

· 5.0 km deep · released about 240 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Frio County 4 kmAtascosa County 53 kmMedina County 56 kmLa Salle County 56 kmZavala County 66 kmMcMullen County 71 kmDimmit County 82 kmBexar County 86 kmUvalde County 87 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Frio County, 4 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1066 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 240 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 63,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 45,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 240 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 28.8528, -99.0774. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Frio County, TX 4 km (2 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Frio County
Atascosa County, TX 53 km (33 mi) W of here earthquakes near Atascosa County
Medina County, TX 56 km (35 mi) S of here earthquakes near Medina County
La Salle County, TX 56 km (35 mi) N of here earthquakes near La Salle County
Zavala County, TX 66 km (41 mi) E of here earthquakes near Zavala County
McMullen County, TX 71 km (44 mi) NW of here earthquakes near McMullen County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  2. 1.7 14 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  3. 1.8 13 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  4. 2.2 16 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  5. 1.6 12 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  6. 1.6 1 km S of Dilley, Texas
  7. 1.7 17 km NW of Fowlerton, Texas
  8. 2.1 16 km ENE of Hilltop, Texas
  9. 1.9 16 km SSE of Pearsall, Texas
  10. 2.3 23 km E of Dilley, Texas
  11. 2.1 4 km N of Hilltop, Texas
  12. 1.9 9 km WSW of Hilltop, Texas
  13. 2.0 6 km SW of Dilley, Texas
  14. 1.9 21 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  15. 2.0 19 km SSW of Charlotte, 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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