M2.9 earthquake 29 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 29 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas on Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:51 AM CDT (11:51 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 9 km NNE of Odessa, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.9	ML, local (Richter)	TX	Preferred · Final · ±0.1 · 11 stations
2.9	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.083 · 41 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 42 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021sehh (also filed as us7000fbrw). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:35 PM UTC.