Texas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 56 km NW of Toyah, Texas on Mon, May 8, 2023, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.6 58 km S of Whites City, New Mexico. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-05-08 19:15:10 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.608° N, 104.281° 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 II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.14
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 200 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.734 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  2. 2.222 km WNW of Mentone, Texas · 1192 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 1.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.354 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1192 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 2.157 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.158 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  7. 2.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  8. 1.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.557 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 2.458 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.056 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 2.958 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.636 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1192 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 2.335 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1192 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.136 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1192 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.9western Texas · 1192 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 2.119 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 1191 days ago · 0 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.118 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 1191 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.734 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  20. 2.255 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  21. 2.855 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  22. 2.131 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 2.931 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 2.530 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.954 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  26. 2.650 km W of Mentone, Texas · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  27. 1.731 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  28. 2.254 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  29. 2.054 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away
  30. 1.955 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  31. 1.531 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 1.957 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  33. 1.642 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  34. 2.154 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1191 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  35. 2.134 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.631 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 1.743 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  38. 1.842 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  39. 2.857 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1190 days ago · 6 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 1
  40. 2.230 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  41. 1.854 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1190 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  42. 1.543 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  43. 2.743 km WNW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  44. 1.843 km WNW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  45. 1.642 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  46. 1.731 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  47. 1.831 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  48. 1.731 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  49. 1.547 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1190 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.057 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  51. 1.643 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  52. 2.022 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.230 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  54. 1.758 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  55. 1.537 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  56. 2.237 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  57. 2.237 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  58. 2.136 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  59. 2.155 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1189 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  60. 1.755 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 1189 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away

The first 60 of 200.

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000kax3 (also filed as tx2023iznb). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC.