M2.4 earthquake 21 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 21 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 19 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-03 14:52:48 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.112° N, 103.231° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 45°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.020 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.825 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2247 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813 km NNE of Alpine, Texas · 2247 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away
- 2.523 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2235 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
- 2.630 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2232 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.431 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2231 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 2229 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.531 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2228 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 3.219 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 2208 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
Before
- 2.532 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas · 2252 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2258 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
- 3.121 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2262 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2266 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Lindsay, Texas · 2269 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
- 1.79 km NW of Lindsay, Texas · 2280 days ago · 3 km deep · 50 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b8qv. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC.