M2.8 earthquake 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 18 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas on Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 11:03 PM CST (05:03 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.8 (ml), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2022-02-18 05:03:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 32.766° N, 100.644° W
- Region
- Texas
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.10
- Station coverage gap
- 69°
- Stations used
- 16
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.118 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1682 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.318 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1682 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
- 2.617 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1678 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
- 2.620 km W of Rotan, Texas · 1677 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
- 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1656 days ago · 4 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1638 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1629 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1622 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022dkce (also filed as us7000glvj). Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 7:35 PM UTC.