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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 3.2mb_lg

14 km S of Eunice, New Mexico

· 5.0 km deep · released about 1,900 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Andrews County 50 kmWinkler County 54 kmLea County 59 kmLoving County 63 kmGaines County 70 kmEctor County 77 kmWard County 89 kmYoakum County 100 kmEddy County 108 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 3.2 (mb_lg)
Depth
5.0 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Andrews County, 50 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 660 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 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
  3. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
  5. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× 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 32.3082, -103.1746. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Andrews County, TX 50 km (31 mi) W of here earthquakes near Andrews County
Winkler County, TX 54 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Winkler County
Lea County, NM 59 km (36 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Lea County
Loving County, TX 63 km (39 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Loving County
Gaines County, TX 70 km (44 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Gaines County
Ector County, TX 77 km (48 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Ector County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 24 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  2. 1.9 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  3. 1.6 26 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  4. 2.8 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  5. 2.6 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  6. 2.1 24 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  7. 1.7 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  8. 2.1 23 km SW of Jal, New Mexico
  9. 2.8 19 km NNW of Jal, New Mexico
  10. 2.8 14 km SW of Eunice, New Mexico
  11. 3.3 19 km NNW of Jal, New Mexico
  12. 1.7 13 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico
  13. 1.6 13 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico
  14. 1.9 12 km SSW of Jal, New Mexico
  15. 1.6 11 km SSW of Jal, 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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