Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3mb_lg
15 km W of Eunice, New Mexico
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (mb_lg)
- Depth
- 3.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Lea County, 42 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 11 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 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
- 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 32.4253, -103.3207. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lea County, NM | 42 km (26 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Lea County |
| Andrews County, TX | 65 km (40 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Loving County, TX | 68 km (42 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Loving County |
| Winkler County, TX | 70 km (44 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Winkler County |
| Gaines County, TX | 74 km (46 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Gaines County |
| Eddy County, NM | 93 km (58 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Eddy County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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