M2.5 earthquake 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas on Thu, Jan 18, 2024, 12:31 PM CST (18:31 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 24 km SSW of Westbrook, 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 · 34 stations
2.2	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.161 · 10 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: 97 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 97.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024bgmf (also filed as us6000m4i2). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC.