Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 21 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 21 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas on Sun, Sep 20, 2026, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

Automatic solution: the magnitude and location may still be revised.

A larger quake followed: M1.7 11 km W of Balmorhea, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-09-20 17:46:46 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.878° N, 103.552° W
Region
Texas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Automatic solution, may be revised

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How well it is located

An automatic solution; a seismologist may revise it.

Location uncertainty
About 0.0 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.70
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
126°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 since this one and 101 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.711 km W of Balmorhea, Texas · 39 hr ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  2. 1.540 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 33 hr ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  3. 1.540 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 33 hr ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  4. 1.56 km NNE of Toyah, Texas · 22 hr ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  5. 1.746 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 21 hr ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 2.228 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas · 6 hr ago · 2 km deep · 6 km away

Before

  1. 1.521 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 2 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.627 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 2 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.515 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas · 2 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 2.117 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 3 days ago · 0 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.545 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 3 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.520 km W of Coyanosa, Texas · 3 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  7. 1.746 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 3 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.76 km SE of Lindsay, Texas · 4 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  9. 1.736 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 4 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.815 km WSW of Balmorhea, Texas · 5 days ago · 0 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 1.51 km ESE of Pyote, Texas · 5 days ago · 0 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.623 km W of Toyah, Texas · 5 days ago · 0 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.719 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 5 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.331 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 5 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 2.230 km SSE of Balmorhea, Texas · 5 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  16. 1.741 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 6 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.729 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 6 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 2.645 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 7 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.525 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 7 days ago · 4 km deep · 36 km away
  20. 2.422 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 8 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026sohpvq. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:45 AM UTC.