M2.5 earthquake 14 km N of Snyder, Texas
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 14 km N of Snyder, Texas on Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 11:42 AM CST (17:42 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 14 km N of Snyder, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.5 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2021-12-16 17:42:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.7 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.848° N, 100.940° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Station coverage gap
- 80°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.218 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1742 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.914 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1741 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1729 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.114 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1701 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.013 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1701 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1700 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
- 2.117 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1700 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
- 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1700 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.918 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021yozq (also filed as us6000gcv8). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:10 AM UTC.