M2.5 earthquake 11 km ENE of Dilley, Texas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 11 km ENE of Dilley, Texas on Thu, Oct 31, 2024, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 17 km E of Pleasanton, 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
2.5	ML, local (Richter)	TX	Preferred · Final · ±0.1 · 6 stations
2.7	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.142 · 13 stations

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 106.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024vlet (also filed as us7000npby). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 8:48 PM UTC.