Texas earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 36 km WSW of Mentone, Texas on Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 12:08 PM CDT (17:08 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 4.0 (ml), light
Local time: Thu, Apr 28, 2022, 12:08 PM CDT
UTC: 2022-04-28 17:08:58 UTC
Depth: 8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 31.615° N, 103.971° W
Region: Texas
Strongest shaking: V, moderate shaking
PAGER alert: Green
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated: V, moderate shaking
Peak ground acceleration: 6.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity: 1.2 cm/s
Map: Automatic

USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter — Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Estimated impact

The USGS PAGER system estimates deaths and economic losses from the shaking and the population and buildings exposed to it.

Alert level: Green: little or no damage or loss of life expected

Deaths: estimated chance of each range
Range	Chance
Under 1	65%
1 to 10	30%
10 to 100	4%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

Economic losses: estimated chance of each range
Range, million USD	Chance
Under 1	65%
1 to 10	30%
10 to 100	4%
100 to 1,000	Under 1%
1,000 to 10,000	Under 1%
10,000 to 100,000	Under 1%
100,000 to 10,000,000	Under 1%

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: 3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1: Strike 327°, dip 40°, rake -39°
Nodal plane 2: Strike 88°, dip 66°, rake -123°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty: About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.10
Station coverage gap: 55°
Stations used: 24

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 198 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of at least 202.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022ihbu (also filed as us7000h5nk). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:47 AM UTC.