M3.1 earthquake 15 km NW of Marathon, Texas
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 15 km NW of Marathon, Texas on Sun, May 10, 2020, 6:16 AM CDT (11:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 western 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), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-05-10 11:16:21 UTC
- Depth
- 4.9 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 30.289° N, 103.369° W
- Region
- Texas
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.3 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.07
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 95°
- Stations used
- 56
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.022 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2322 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 3.2western Texas · 2308 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
- 2.815 km SSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2286 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us70009dnz. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:32 PM UTC.