Texas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 20 km W of Rotan, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 20 km W of Rotan, Texas on Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 12:15 AM CST (06:15 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-02-23 06:15:07 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.820° N, 100.684° 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 II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.4 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
52°
Stations used
31

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 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1660 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1654 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1642 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1633 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  5. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1626 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away

Before

  1. 2.617 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1682 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  2. 2.318 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1685 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 2.118 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1685 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.818 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1685 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  5. 3.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1707 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.013 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1707 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  7. 2.114 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1708 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000gn4t. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC.