M3.0 earthquake 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake struck 24 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on Tue, Nov 19, 2024, 4:46 PM CST (22:46 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 41 km W of Mentone, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

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
3.0	ML, local (Richter)	TX	Preferred · Final · ±0.2 · 34 stations
3.1	ML, local (Richter)	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.062 · 66 stations

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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 147 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 147.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024wtwo (also filed as us6000p6g2). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 12:06 AM UTC.