Texas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas on Tue, Sep 7, 2021, 8:32 PM CDT (01:32 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-08 01:32:00 UTC
Depth
7.8 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.769° N, 100.651° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
106°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 13 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1839 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 3.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 18
  4. 2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1838 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.417 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.88 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.112 km W of Rotan, Texas · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 2.217 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.411 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1815 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  10. 2.210 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.318 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.718 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1795 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.118 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1793 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 1.612 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1846 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 1.713 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1859 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 2.313 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1863 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021rowu (also filed as us7000f93q). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:49 PM UTC.