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M2.6 earthquake western Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck in western Texas on Wed, Jul 1, 2020, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-07-01 06:55:41 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.643° N, 104.226° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 4.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.07
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.856 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2279 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  2. 1.79 km NW of Lindsay, Texas · 2278 days ago · 3 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 3.157 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2277 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away · felt by 2
  4. 2.657 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2277 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 1.660 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2277 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.151 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2271 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  7. 2.534 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 2269 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  8. 2.69 km SW of Lindsay, Texas · 2268 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  9. 2.553 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2264 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 3.256 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2262 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 2.960 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2257 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  12. 1.624 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2256 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 2.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2256 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.554 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2254 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  15. 2.958 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2247 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 2.859 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2247 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  17. 2.650 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2245 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  18. 2.648 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2245 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  19. 2.554 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2238 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  20. 1.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2237 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  21. 2.655 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2237 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  22. 2.547 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2236 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.4western Texas · 2236 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  24. 3.263 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 2236 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.654 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2234 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.854 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2234 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.523 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2234 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.755 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2233 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 2.654 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2233 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  30. 2.630 km W of Mentone, Texas · 2230 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 2.656 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2230 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away
  32. 2.855 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2229 days ago · 5 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.837 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 2228 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 2.558 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2282 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  2. 2.456 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2286 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.956 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2289 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.052 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2289 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.415 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 2290 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.742 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2290 days ago · 5 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 2.660 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2290 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.758 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 2296 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.649 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2301 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  10. 2.947 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2302 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  11. 2.557 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 2303 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 2.652 km WNW of Toyah, Texas · 2307 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 3.2western Texas · 2308 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 3

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000afn2. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC.