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M2.9 earthquake 37 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 37 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas on Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 9:39 AM CDT (14:39 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2026-09-24 14:39:26 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.831° N, 103.394° W
Region
Texas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

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.ScaleComputed byNotes
2.9ML, local (Richter)TXPreferred · Final · ±0.2 · 25 stations
2.7ML, local (Richter)USGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreliminary · ±0.057 · 40 stations

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 3.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 since this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.731 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 7 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  2. 2.011 km NE of Toyah, Texas · 7 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 2.611 km NE of Toyah, Texas · 7 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 1.716 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 5 days ago · 3 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.621 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 3 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 2.031 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 43 hr ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.922 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 35 hr ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away

Before

  1. 1.737 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 8 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.514 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 9 days ago · 3 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 1.519 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 9 days ago · 3 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.228 km SE of Balmorhea, Texas · 10 days ago · 2 km deep · 11 km away
  5. 1.618 km W of Coyanosa, Texas · 13 days ago · 5 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.719 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 15 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 2.331 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 15 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 1.729 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 16 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  9. 2.422 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 18 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  10. 1.518 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 19 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 1.530 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 19 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  12. 1.519 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 19 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 1.517 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 20 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  14. 1.920 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 22 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 2.017 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 22 days ago · 3 km deep · 83 km away
  16. 1.86 km NE of Toyah, Texas · 22 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  17. 2.131 km WSW of Coyanosa, Texas · 23 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 1.632 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 23 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.930 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 24 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  20. 1.721 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 24 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026svkhwu (also filed as us6000txc9). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC.