M3.1 earthquake 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 26 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on Fri, Nov 6, 2020, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.6 20 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (ML, local (Richter)), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-11-06 21:06:37 UTC
- Depth
- 1.9 km (1.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.098° N, 103.281° 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 2.6 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.04
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 52°
- Stations used
- 77
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
- 2.725 km NNE of Mentone, Texas · 2153 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
- 1.79 km N of Barstow, Texas · 2137 days ago · 4 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.922 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2136 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 3
- 3.620 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
- 2.520 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.519 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2132 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
- 1.78 km N of Toyah, Texas · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
- 3.322 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2114 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.544 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2104 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
Before
- 3.223 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2155 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 2159 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.630 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.731 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 2170 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
- 2.942 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2171 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 2.538 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000cbkb. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:45 PM UTC.