M2.4 earthquake 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on Sat, Aug 22, 2020, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC), 4 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
- 2020-08-22 07:37:57 UTC
- Depth
- 4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.053° N, 103.313° 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, 1.8 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.06
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 79
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.837 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 2230 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.531 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2229 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
- 3.219 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 2209 days ago · 4 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
- 1.841 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2204 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
- 2.538 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
Before
- 2.630 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2232 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.523 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2236 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
- 1.813 km NNE of Alpine, Texas · 2247 days ago · 2 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.825 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 3.020 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2248 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.421 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.532 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas · 2253 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.624 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2259 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000bixu. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 3:28 AM UTC.