M2.2 earthquake 27 km SW of Girard, Texas
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 27 km SW of Girard, Texas on Thu, Sep 22, 2022, 6:47 AM CDT (11:47 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 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
- 2.2 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
- Magnitude from
- TX
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-09-22 11:47:41 UTC
- Depth
- 5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.195° N, 100.875° 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, 2.3 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 99°
- 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: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.7western Texas · 1465 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
- 2.88 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1462 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.49 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1462 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away
- 2.4western Texas · 1453 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1439 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
Before
- 2.3western Texas · 1475 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
- 2.019 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1483 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
- 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1486 days ago · 0 km deep · 50 km away
- 3.218 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1490 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
- 3.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1494 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022spge. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC.