M3.0 earthquake 20 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 20 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on Wed, Aug 5, 2020, 12:14 PM CDT (17:14 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
- 3.0 (ml), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-08-05 17:14:47 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.137° N, 103.238° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 51°
- Stations used
- 70
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 6 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.825 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2246 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813 km NNE of Alpine, Texas · 2246 days ago · 2 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.523 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
- 2.630 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2231 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.431 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2230 days ago · 4 km deep · 12 km away
- 1.837 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 2229 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
- 2.531 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2227 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 3.219 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 2207 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
Before
- 2.421 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2249 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.532 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2257 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
- 3.121 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2261 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.716 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2265 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.69 km SW of Lindsay, Texas · 2268 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000b9sl. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC.