M2.5 earthquake 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas on Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.7 49 km W of Mentone, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-10-19 16:18:27 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.603° N, 104.277° 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, 1.5 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 59°
- Stations used
- 39
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 41 in the 60 days after this one and 20 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.942 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2171 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 2.853 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2165 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 2.749 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.559 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.858 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2164 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.749 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2164 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
- 3.656 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2163 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
- 2.859 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 3.257 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.859 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2162 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 3.054 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.861 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.846 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2160 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.013 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 2158 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
- 1.754 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2157 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.853 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2157 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.754 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2157 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
- 2.553 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2154 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.725 km NNE of Mentone, Texas · 2152 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
- 3.452 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2148 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
- 2.546 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2146 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.848 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2146 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 3.347 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2146 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
- 3.153 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2142 days ago · 11 km deep · 11 km away
- 2.449 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2138 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.79 km N of Barstow, Texas · 2136 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 2.546 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2135 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.552 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2133 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.755 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2130 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.553 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2128 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
- 3.257 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2126 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.552 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico · 2126 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
- 2.752 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2125 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.858 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2124 days ago · 11 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.555 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2123 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.858 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2119 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
- 2.659 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2119 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 2.558 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2116 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.78 km N of Toyah, Texas · 2115 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.758 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2113 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
Before
- 2.857 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2174 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 2.552 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2176 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
- 3.048 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2177 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
- 2.863 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2181 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 1
- 2.5western Texas · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
- 3.254 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
- 3.053 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.538 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.654 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2185 days ago · 3 km deep · 31 km away
- 3.052 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2185 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
- 2.551 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 3.056 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2190 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
- 2.559 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
- 3.156 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.956 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
- 2.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
- 3.458 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 2
- 2.954 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2197 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away · felt by 1
- 2.651 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2198 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
- 2.749 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2200 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
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