M3.0 earthquake 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas on Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 4:54 AM CST (10:54 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.9 40 km W of Mentone, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.0 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2019-12-28 10:54:42 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.146° N, 103.245° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.5 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.08
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 20 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.920 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2462 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.612 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2442 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.940 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2438 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 1.740 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2437 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.821 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2437 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.4western Texas · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.639 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 2
- 3.640 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2436 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
- 2.740 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2436 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.639 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2435 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.820 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2434 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.815 km NW of Barstow, Texas · 2423 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.721 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2423 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.234 km WNW of Fort Stockton, Texas · 2420 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.936 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 2419 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 2
- 1.710 km SW of Lindsay, Texas · 2419 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
- 3.940 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2417 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 4
- 2.625 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2416 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.626 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 2415 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.723 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2414 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
Before
- 2.619 km E of Balmorhea, Texas · 2471 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 2.818 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2477 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.519 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2477 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.911 km S of Coyanosa, Texas · 2480 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 1.616 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 2482 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.011 km E of Balmorhea, Texas · 2488 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 5
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70006rvb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC.