Texas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 15 km NNW of Snyder, Texas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 15 km NNW of Snyder, Texas on Tue, Dec 26, 2023, 1:38 PM CST (19:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-12-26 19:38:13 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.848° N, 100.979° 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 III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 2.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 99 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.318 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1007 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 2.925 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1006 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1004 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.56 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1004 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  5. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1004 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  6. 1.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1002 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1001 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1001 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.021 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1001 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  10. 2.614 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1001 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 2.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1001 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 998 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 997 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 1.55 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 997 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 2.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 996 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 3.117 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 996 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.716 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 996 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 996 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  19. 1.623 km N of Snyder, Texas · 996 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  20. 2.116 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 995 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  21. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 995 days ago · 1 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 992 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 992 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 2.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 991 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.726 km E of Forsan, Texas · 988 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  26. 2.525 km E of Forsan, Texas · 988 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.825 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 987 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  28. 2.424 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 987 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 2.825 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 986 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  31. 2.16 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 2.615 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  33. 2.715 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  34. 1.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  35. 1.716 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  36. 1.918 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 985 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  37. 2.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  38. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 2.316 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  40. 2.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  41. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  42. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  43. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  44. 1.96 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away
  45. 2.423 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  46. 1.715 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  47. 2.114 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  48. 1.614 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 983 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 2.314 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  50. 1.713 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 982 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  51. 2.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  52. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 981 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 2.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 980 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  54. 1.719 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 980 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  55. 1.719 km N of Stanton, Texas · 979 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  56. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 979 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  57. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  58. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 975 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 974 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  60. 2.425 km N of Snyder, Texas · 973 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

The first 60 of 99.

Before

  1. 2.010 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1009 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.76 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1011 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.85 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1011 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  4. 2.16 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1011 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.423 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1011 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  6. 2.317 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1012 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  7. 2.425 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1012 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.625 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1012 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  9. 2.16 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1012 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1012 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 1.818 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 1012 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  12. 2.815 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1012 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.615 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1012 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 3.618 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1012 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 9
  15. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1013 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1014 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  17. 3.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1014 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.617 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1014 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 2.226 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1014 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1017 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2023zhkm (also filed as us6000lzx3). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:03 AM UTC.