Texas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 10 km W of Forsan, Texas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 10 km W of Forsan, Texas on Fri, Jan 3, 2025, 12:35 AM CST (06:35 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-03 06:35:10 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.097° N, 101.474° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.4 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
19

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 118 in the 60 days after this one and 74 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 1.77 km W of Snyder, Texas · 629 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.75 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 628 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  4. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 628 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.911 km S of Forsan, Texas · 627 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 627 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 626 days ago · 3 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.918 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 626 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 624 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.520 km NNE of Stanton, Texas · 622 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 622 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  12. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 621 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.210 km W of Forsan, Texas · 621 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  14. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 620 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.52 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 620 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.739 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 620 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.214 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 619 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 619 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 1.59 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 618 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  20. 1.69 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 618 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 1.815 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 618 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  22. 1.55 km SE of Midland, Texas · 616 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 614 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 614 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  25. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 614 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 2.024 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 614 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  27. 1.515 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 610 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  28. 1.619 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 610 days ago · 4 km deep · 48 km away
  29. 2.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 609 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 609 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  31. 1.718 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 609 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 2.124 km E of Forsan, Texas · 608 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 1.726 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 606 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  34. 1.723 km E of Forsan, Texas · 605 days ago · 3 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 605 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  36. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 605 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 605 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  38. 1.615 km NW of Midland, Texas · 605 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  39. 1.818 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 603 days ago · 4 km deep · 49 km away
  40. 2.321 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 603 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  41. 1.628 km E of Forsan, Texas · 602 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  42. 1.59 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 602 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.137 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 602 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 2.136 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 602 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  45. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 602 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  46. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 602 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 602 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  48. 1.618 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 601 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  49. 1.819 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 601 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.519 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 601 days ago · 4 km deep · 52 km away
  51. 1.820 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 601 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.89 km W of Forsan, Texas · 599 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.515 km E of Stanton, Texas · 599 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  54. 1.87 km WNW of Midland, Texas · 598 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.527 km N of Rankin, Texas · 598 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  56. 1.522 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 598 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  57. 2.022 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 598 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.928 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 597 days ago · 3 km deep · 65 km away
  59. 1.915 km E of Stanton, Texas · 597 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  60. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 596 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away

The first 60 of 118.

Before

  1. 1.734 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  2. 1.912 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.810 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  4. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  5. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  6. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  7. 2.124 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 633 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 3.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.910 km W of Forsan, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  11. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 635 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 635 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.523 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 636 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  14. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 637 days ago · 4 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 637 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  16. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 638 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  17. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 639 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  18. 1.520 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 639 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 640 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  20. 1.618 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 640 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025aeeb (also filed as us6000phdt). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 12:05 AM UTC.