Texas earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 40 km W of Mentone, Texas

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 40 km W of Mentone, Texas on Sun, Oct 17, 2021, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 35 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-10-17 19:00:11 UTC
Depth
7.7 km (4.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.708° N, 104.022° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.4 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 53°, dip 68°, rake -125°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 295°, dip 40°, rake -35°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
53°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 202 in the 60 days after this one and at least 200 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.059 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1806 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 2.155 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1806 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  3. 2.960 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 2.641 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 3.543 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 3.243 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1805 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.955 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 2.056 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1805 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  9. 1.760 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  10. 2.339 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1805 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  11. 2.455 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  12. 2.434 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1804 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.032 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 2.332 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1804 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 2.939 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1804 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 2.839 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.459 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.157 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.86 km NW of Lindsay, Texas · 1803 days ago · 2 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 2.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1803 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  21. 2.339 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 2.064 km NNE of Van Horn, Texas · 1803 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  23. 2.038 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  24. 2.038 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.959 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1803 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  26. 2.150 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1803 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.937 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1802 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  28. 3.255 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.955 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 2.355 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 3.255 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  32. 3.248 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 4 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 2.154 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 2.456 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1802 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  35. 2.057 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 2.260 km WNW of Toyah, Texas · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  37. 2.157 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1801 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  38. 2.556 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1801 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 2.256 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1801 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 3.457 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  41. 2.348 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  42. 2.06 km E of Lindsay, Texas · 1800 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  43. 2.757 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  44. 2.251 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.846 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1800 days ago · 10 km deep · 14 km away
  46. 2.258 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  47. 2.02 km NW of Lindsay, Texas · 1800 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  48. 2.056 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1800 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.959 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1800 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 2.337 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  51. 2.057 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1799 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  52. 3.137 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1799 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.056 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1798 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  54. 2.160 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1797 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 2.456 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1797 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  56. 2.061 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1797 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 2.115 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 1796 days ago · 1 km deep · 74 km away
  58. 2.154 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1796 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  59. 2.952 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  60. 2.453 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1796 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

  1. 2.939 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1806 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.656 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1807 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 2.244 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.144 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  5. 2.139 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1807 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 2.151 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1808 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 2.027 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 1808 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  8. 2.755 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1808 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 3.332 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.152 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1809 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.123 km WNW of Mentone, Texas · 1809 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.045 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  13. 2.457 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1810 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.250 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  15. 2.158 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico · 1810 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  16. 2.058 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1810 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.155 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  18. 3.055 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1811 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1811 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  20. 2.754 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1812 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021ujlz (also filed as us6000fvh7). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 10:36 AM UTC.