M2.7 earthquake 49 km NW of Toyah, Texas

Magnitude

2.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Tue, Sep 22, 2020, 1:50 AM CDT

UTC

2020-09-22 06:50:20 UTC

Depth

5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow

Epicenter

31.576° N, 104.214° W

Region

Texas

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.04

Depth from

Operator assigned

Station coverage gap

63°

Stations used

34

• Mentone, TexasPopulation 19. Forecast60 kmWSW
• Carlsbad, New MexicoPopulation 28,957. Forecast94 kmS
• Odessa, TexasPopulation 114,428. Forecast177 kmW
• Ciudad Juárez, MexicoPopulation 1,512,450. Forecast213 kmE

After

1. 2.651 km W of Mentone, TexasThu, Sep 24, 12:10 PM CDT · 2197 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
2. 2.954 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 24, 5:19 PM CDT · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
3. 3.458 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 24, 6:14 PM CDT · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 2
4. 2.957 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Sep 25, 2:46 AM CDT · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
5. 2.956 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Sep 25, 11:09 AM CDT · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
6. 3.156 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Sep 25, 11:10 AM CDT · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
7. 2.559 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Sep 27, 10:57 PM CDT · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
8. 3.056 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Oct 1, 2:02 PM CDT · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
9. 2.551 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Oct 2, 11:08 PM CDT · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
10. 3.052 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Oct 7, 8:43 AM CDT · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2
11. 2.654 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Oct 7, 10:40 AM CDT · 2184 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
12. 2.538 km W of Mentone, TexasThu, Oct 8, 5:00 PM CDT · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
13. 3.053 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Oct 8, 10:35 PM CDT · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
14. 3.254 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Oct 8, 10:40 PM CDT · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 36 km away
15. 2.5western TexasSat, Oct 10, 3:14 AM CDT · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
16. 2.863 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Oct 11, 1:44 AM CDT · 2181 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
17. 3.048 km W of Mentone, TexasWed, Oct 14, 11:29 PM CDT · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
18. 2.552 km W of Mentone, TexasFri, Oct 16, 12:43 AM CDT · 2176 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
19. 2.857 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Oct 18, 6:13 AM CDT · 2173 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
20. 2.556 km NW of Toyah, TexasMon, Oct 19, 11:18 AM CDT · 2172 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
21. 2.942 km NW of Toyah, TexasWed, Oct 21, 4:58 AM CDT · 2170 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
22. 2.853 km S of Whites City, New MexicoTue, Oct 27, 7:44 AM CDT · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
23. 2.749 km W of Mentone, TexasTue, Oct 27, 3:48 PM CDT · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
24. 2.559 km S of Whites City, New MexicoTue, Oct 27, 7:23 PM CDT · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
25. 2.858 km S of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Oct 28, 3:07 AM CDT · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
26. 3.749 km W of Mentone, TexasWed, Oct 28, 9:07 AM CDT · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
27. 3.656 km S of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Oct 28, 8:40 PM CDT · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 1
28. 2.859 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Oct 29, 10:43 PM CDT · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
29. 2.957 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Oct 30, 7:45 AM CDT · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
30. 3.257 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Oct 30, 10:43 AM CDT · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
31. 2.859 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Oct 30, 11:31 AM CDT · 2161 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
32. 3.054 km NW of Toyah, TexasSat, Oct 31, 7:47 PM CDT · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
33. 2.861 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSat, Oct 31, 8:50 PM CDT · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
34. 2.846 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Oct 31, 11:15 PM CDT · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
35. 3.013 km SSE of Lindsay, TexasMon, Nov 2, 7:41 PM CST · 2158 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
36. 1.754 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Nov 3, 11:13 PM CST · 2157 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away
37. 2.853 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Nov 3, 11:38 PM CST · 2157 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
38. 2.754 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Nov 3, 11:38 PM CST · 2157 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
39. 2.553 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Nov 6, 9:35 PM CST · 2154 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
40. 2.725 km NNE of Mentone, TexasSun, Nov 8, 3:19 PM CST · 2152 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
41. 3.452 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Nov 12, 2:11 PM CST · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
42. 2.546 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Nov 14, 5:06 PM CST · 2146 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
43. 2.848 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Nov 14, 5:08 PM CST · 2146 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
44. 3.347 km W of Mentone, TexasSun, Nov 15, 9:44 AM CST · 2145 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
45. 3.153 km S of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Nov 18, 6:40 PM CST · 2142 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away

Before

1. 1.841 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Sep 18, 5:06 PM CDT · 2203 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
2. 3.550 km W of Mentone, TexasFri, Sep 18, 4:48 PM CDT · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
3. 1.757 km S of Whites City, New MexicoTue, Sep 15, 2:48 PM CDT · 2206 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
4. 3.150 km S of Whites City, New MexicoMon, Sep 14, 9:52 PM CDT · 2207 days ago · 7 km deep · 19 km away
5. 2.850 km S of Whites City, New MexicoMon, Sep 14, 5:40 PM CDT · 2207 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
6. 3.219 km ESE of Lindsay, TexasMon, Sep 14, 9:14 AM CDT · 2207 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
7. 2.651 km W of Mentone, TexasMon, Sep 14, 9:06 AM CDT · 2207 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
8. 1.562 km S of Whites City, New MexicoMon, Sep 14, 4:18 AM CDT · 2208 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
9. 2.550 km W of Mentone, TexasMon, Sep 14, 1:05 AM CDT · 2208 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
10. 3.157 km S of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Sep 9, 10:29 PM CDT · 2212 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
11. 2.759 km S of Whites City, New MexicoMon, Sep 7, 11:49 AM CDT · 2214 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
12. 2.748 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Sep 6, 8:18 PM CDT · 2215 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
13. 3.049 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Sep 6, 8:16 PM CDT · 2215 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
14. 2.754 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Sep 6, 4:13 PM CDT · 2215 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
15. 2.855 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Sep 6, 7:04 AM CDT · 2215 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
16. 2.847 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Sep 5, 9:13 AM CDT · 2216 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
17. 2.751 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Sep 4, 3:42 PM CDT · 2217 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
18. 2.960 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Sep 4, 8:26 AM CDT · 2217 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
19. 2.556 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 3, 11:05 AM CDT · 2218 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
20. 3.048 km W of Mentone, TexasWed, Sep 2, 10:52 PM CDT · 2219 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away

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