M2.5 earthquake 14 km NW of Marathon, Texas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km NW of Marathon, Texas on Sun, Apr 16, 1995, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 14 km NW of Marathon, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (mblg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1995-04-16 10:26:25 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.300° N, 103.350° W
- Region
- Texas
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.414 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11482 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.514 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11481 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11477 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.514 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11436 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
Before
- 2.314 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11482 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 4.010 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11483 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.414 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11483 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.314 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.914 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.414 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.714 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.414 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.614 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 3.314 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.814 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 2.714 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
- 5.713 km NW of Marathon, Texas · 11484 days ago · 18 km deep · 2 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0006vrv. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 7:55 AM UTC.