Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 14 km NNW of Snyder, Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 14 km NNW of Snyder, Texas on Fri, Dec 8, 2023, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-08 18:05:51 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.835° N, 100.985° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
65°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 33 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.610 km S of Forsan, Texas · 1026 days ago · 0 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 2.520 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1026 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  3. 2.211 km W of Forsan, Texas · 1023 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 2.317 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1023 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 3.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1022 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 7
  6. 2.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1022 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.417 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1022 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1022 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1022 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  10. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1021 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1020 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.918 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1019 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 6
  13. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1019 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.226 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1016 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.617 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1016 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1015 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1015 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1014 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 3.618 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1014 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 9
  20. 1.615 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1014 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.815 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1014 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  22. 1.818 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1014 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  23. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1014 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  24. 2.16 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1013 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.625 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1013 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  26. 2.425 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1013 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  27. 2.317 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1013 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  28. 2.423 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1013 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  29. 2.16 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1013 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  30. 1.85 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1013 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  31. 1.76 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1013 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  32. 2.010 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1011 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 2.915 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1009 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  34. 2.318 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1009 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 2.925 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1007 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  36. 2.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1006 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  37. 1.56 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1006 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1006 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1003 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1003 days ago · 10 km deep · 79 km away
  41. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1003 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  42. 2.021 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1003 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  43. 2.614 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1002 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 2.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1002 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1000 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  46. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 999 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  47. 1.55 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 998 days ago · 3 km deep · 59 km away
  48. 2.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 998 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  49. 3.117 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 998 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.716 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 998 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  51. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 998 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.623 km N of Snyder, Texas · 997 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  53. 2.116 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 997 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  54. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 997 days ago · 1 km deep · 76 km away
  55. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 994 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 994 days ago · 3 km deep · 80 km away
  57. 2.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 993 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.726 km E of Forsan, Texas · 990 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  59. 2.525 km E of Forsan, Texas · 990 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  60. 1.825 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 989 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.89 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1029 days ago · 2 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 3.315 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1034 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.217 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 1035 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 2.5western Texas · 1035 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  5. 2.518 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1035 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.510 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 1036 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 2.217 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 1036 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  8. 1.520 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1038 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.38 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1038 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  10. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1039 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1039 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1039 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 2.116 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1039 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.215 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1039 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  15. 1.58 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1043 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 2.219 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1045 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 2.019 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1045 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 2.419 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1046 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  19. 2.519 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1046 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  20. 2.319 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1046 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2023yakj (also filed as us7000lhk0). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:28 AM UTC.