Texas earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Sun, May 25, 2025, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC), 7 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 33 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2025-05-25 22:05:37 UTC
Depth
7.3 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.416° N, 102.044° 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 II, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.1 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 100°, dip 60°, rake -65°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 237°, dip 38°, rake -126°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
44°
Stations used
29

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 76 in the 30 days before it.

After

The first 60 of 101.

Before

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025keue (also filed as us7000q1g4). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:17 AM UTC.