M2.4 earthquake 11 km WSW of Rotan, Texas
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 11 km WSW of Rotan, Texas on Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.7 18 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-10-05 22:41:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.1 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.828° N, 100.587° 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, 2.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 81°
- Stations used
- 13
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.210 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1813 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.318 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1798 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.718 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1795 days ago · 1 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1780 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.419 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1768 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
- 2.025 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1758 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 2.217 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1829 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.112 km W of Rotan, Texas · 1829 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
- 1.88 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1830 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.417 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1837 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 2
- 2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1838 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
- 3.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1838 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 18
- 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1839 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1839 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
- 2.618 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1842 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021tnvg. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 12:48 PM UTC.