Texas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 36 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 36 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas on Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 8:15 AM CST (14:15 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 2.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from: TX
Local time: Tue, Mar 7, 2023, 8:15 AM CST
UTC: 2023-03-07 14:15:20 UTC
Depth: 9.6 km (6.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 32.328° N, 102.139° W
Region: Texas
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.7	ML, local (Richter)	TX	Preferred · Final · ±0 · 6 stations
2.7	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.071 · 52 stations

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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty: ±0.00
Station coverage gap: 58°
Stations used: 27

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 63 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 63.

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2023epvx (also filed as tx2023epvy, us7000jhwc). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:27 PM UTC.