Texas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 17 km S of Barstow, Texas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 17 km S of Barstow, Texas on Sun, Jan 26, 2025, 10:57 PM CST (04:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 53 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2025-01-27 04:57:27 UTC
Depth
1.5 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.304° N, 103.359° W
Region
Texas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 2.3 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 160 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.528 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 613 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.841 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 613 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 1.619 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 613 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.620 km SSE of Barstow, Texas · 613 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.017 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 613 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.515 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 613 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 3.042 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 613 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.617 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 612 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 1.735 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 612 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.857 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 612 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.657 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 612 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.851 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 611 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.721 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 611 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.842 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 611 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.535 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 610 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.252 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 610 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  17. 1.549 km W of Mentone, Texas · 610 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.943 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 610 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  19. 1.552 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 610 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.615 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 610 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  21. 2.259 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 610 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  22. 1.651 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 610 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.78 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 610 days ago · 3 km deep · 11 km away
  24. 1.951 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 608 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  25. 2.551 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 608 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.051 km WNW of Toyah, Texas · 608 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 1.651 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 608 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.438 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 607 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  29. 1.838 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 607 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.540 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 607 days ago · 5 km deep · 74 km away
  31. 1.618 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 607 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 1.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 606 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  33. 2.858 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 606 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  34. 2.258 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 606 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  35. 1.758 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 606 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  36. 1.556 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 606 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  37. 1.558 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  38. 2.058 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.735 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  40. 1.533 km W of Fort Stockton, Texas · 605 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  41. 1.541 km W of Mentone, Texas · 604 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 1.735 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 604 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.543 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 603 days ago · 3 km deep · 77 km away
  44. 1.545 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 602 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 1.810 km E of Balmorhea, Texas · 602 days ago · 5 km deep · 45 km away
  46. 2.158 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 602 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  47. 1.657 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 602 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  48. 1.948 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico · 602 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.345 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 602 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 2.051 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico · 601 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.620 km SSE of Barstow, Texas · 601 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  52. 2.934 km NNW of Mentone, Texas · 601 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  53. 2.238 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 601 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  54. 1.841 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 601 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  55. 1.658 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 601 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.517 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 601 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  57. 1.635 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 600 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  58. 2.259 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 600 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.859 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 600 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.656 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 599 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.621 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 614 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.920 km SSE of Barstow, Texas · 614 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.248 km W of Mentone, Texas · 614 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  4. 3.020 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 614 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  5. 2.119 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 614 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 2.222 km SSE of Barstow, Texas · 614 days ago · 2 km deep · 5 km away
  7. 1.621 km SSE of Barstow, Texas · 614 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.757 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.857 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 2.516 km S of Barstow, Texas · 615 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.855 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 615 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.634 km SE of Malaga, New Mexico · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 1.815 km NW of Mentone, Texas · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 3.055 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 615 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  15. 2.117 km S of Barstow, Texas · 615 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  16. 1.647 km W of Mentone, Texas · 615 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.751 km SSE of Whites City, New Mexico · 616 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  18. 1.758 km S of Whites City, New Mexico · 616 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  19. 1.946 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 616 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.222 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 616 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025bvwx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC.