Texas Earthquakes Today: Recent Quakes and Largest on Record

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Where every quake below was located in Texas. Select one for its page.

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Past 30 days

Magnitude 2.5 and up, newest first.

3.256 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSat, Sep 19, 11:23 PM CDT · 2 days ago · 7 km deep
2.814 km SSW of Smiley, TexasSat, Sep 19, 5:56 PM CDT · 2 days ago · 9 km deep · felt by 2
2.755 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 17, 4:28 PM CDT · 4 days ago · 4 km deep
2.740 km ESE of Malaga, New MexicoThu, Sep 17, 10:04 AM CDT · 5 days ago · 8 km deep
2.557 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 17, 4:34 AM CDT · 5 days ago · 6 km deep
2.645 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Sep 15, 11:27 AM CDT · 7 days ago · 6 km deep
2.550 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoTue, Sep 15, 8:08 AM CDT · 7 days ago · 5 km deep
3.349 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Sep 15, 3:48 AM CDT · 7 days ago · 6 km deep
3.457 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Sep 13, 5:20 AM CDT · 9 days ago · 6 km deep
2.957 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Sep 13, 1:54 AM CDT · 9 days ago · 6 km deep · felt by 1
2.947 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSat, Sep 12, 7:58 PM CDT · 9 days ago · 7 km deep
3.122 km E of Dilley, TexasThu, Sep 10, 4:42 AM CDT · 12 days ago · 7 km deep
3.059 km S of Whites City, New MexicoWed, Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT · 12 days ago · 6 km deep
2.725 km SW of Garden City, TexasTue, Sep 8, 6:22 PM CDT · 13 days ago · 6 km deep
2.540 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Sep 6, 6:24 AM CDT · 16 days ago · 9 km deep
3.626 km SW of Garden City, TexasSat, Sep 5, 9:46 AM CDT · 17 days ago · 7 km deep
2.556 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Sep 4, 6:14 PM CDT · 17 days ago · 7 km deep
3.140 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Sep 3, 11:35 PM CDT · 18 days ago · 9 km deep
2.557 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Sep 3, 6:02 PM CDT · 18 days ago · 6 km deep
2.612 km SW of Falls City, TexasThu, Sep 3, 1:48 PM CDT · 18 days ago · 9 km deep
2.812 km SW of Falls City, TexasTue, Sep 1, 2:23 PM CDT · 20 days ago · 7 km deep
3.612 km SW of Falls City, TexasTue, Sep 1, 9:26 AM CDT · 21 days ago · 9 km deep · felt by 3
3.248 km W of Mentone, TexasMon, Aug 31, 4:16 AM CDT · 22 days ago · 8 km deep
3.048 km W of Mentone, TexasMon, Aug 31, 3:28 AM CDT · 22 days ago · 8 km deep
2.758 km S of Whites City, New MexicoSun, Aug 30, 9:27 AM CDT · 23 days ago · 8 km deep
2.619 km NE of Gardendale, TexasSat, Aug 29, 6:06 AM CDT · 24 days ago · 8 km deep
2.618 km NE of Gardendale, TexasFri, Aug 28, 3:31 PM CDT · 24 days ago · 8 km deep · felt by 3
2.955 km S of Whites City, New MexicoFri, Aug 28, 5:02 AM CDT · 25 days ago · 8 km deep
2.656 km S of Whites City, New MexicoThu, Aug 27, 1:55 PM CDT · 25 days ago · 7 km deep
2.816 km NW of Mentone, TexasThu, Aug 27, 9:48 AM CDT · 26 days ago · 9 km deep
3.016 km NW of Mentone, TexasTue, Aug 25, 11:59 PM CDT · 27 days ago · 9 km deep · felt by 1
2.754 km S of Whites City, New MexicoTue, Aug 25, 4:17 AM CDT · 28 days ago · 7 km deep
3.150 km SSW of Whites City, New MexicoMon, Aug 24, 6:05 AM CDT · 29 days ago · 6 km deep
2.817 km SE of Ackerly, TexasSun, Aug 23, 6:06 PM CDT · 29 days ago · 6 km deep

Smaller quakes, past 7 days

Under magnitude 2.5, which few people feel.

Largest on record in Texas

The 25 largest in the USGS catalog since 1900, of magnitude 3 and up. Older magnitudes are estimates from historical accounts and early instruments.

Mag.	Date	Where	Depth
6.3	Aug 16, 1931	The 1931 Valentine, Texas Earthquake	10 km
5.7	Apr 13, 1995	13 km NW of Marathon, Texas	18 km
5.4	Nov 16, 2022	Coalson Draw, Texas	7 km
5.4	May 3, 2025	59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico	8 km
5.2	Dec 16, 2022	Range Hill, Texas	8 km
5.2	Nov 8, 2023	Coalson Draw, Texas	7 km
5.1	Jul 26, 2024	17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas	3 km
5.1	Sep 16, 2024	2024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake	6 km
5.0	Mar 26, 2020	41 km W of Mentone, Texas	10 km
5.0	Feb 14, 2025	53 km NW of Toyah, Texas	6 km
5.0	Jul 23, 2026	38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas	6 km
4.9	Jul 30, 1925	Near Panhandle, Texas
4.9	Jul 21, 2022	55 km S of Whites City, New Mexico	6 km
4.9	Jul 22, 2024	17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas	3 km
4.8	Aug 1, 1975	24 km WNW of Toyah, Texas	5 km
4.8	Oct 20, 2011	14 km SSW of Falls City, Texas	5 km
4.8	May 17, 2012	3 km NE of Timpson, Texas	5 km
4.8	Feb 28, 2025	26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas	7 km
4.7	Nov 24, 2022	34 km WSW of Mentone, Texas	8 km
4.7	Feb 16, 2023	15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas	8 km
4.7	Feb 18, 2025	52 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico	4 km
4.6	Dec 27, 2021	17 km N of Stanton, Texas	8 km
4.6	Mar 24, 2022	56 km S of Whites City, New Mexico	7 km
4.6	Jun 1, 2022	53 km SSW of Whites City, New Mexico	6 km
4.6	Jan 29, 2025	18 km ENE of Falls City, Texas	7 km

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

2020s2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
2010s2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2000s2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
1990s1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1980s1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1970s1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1960s1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1950s1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1940s1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1930s1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1920s1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1910s1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1900s1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

What this means

Magnitude measures the energy a quake releases: each step up is about 32 times more energy, so an M6 releases about a thousand times the energy of an M4. Intensity measures the shaking at one place, which depends on the distance, the depth and the ground. One quake has one magnitude and many intensities.

The Modified Mercalli intensity scale
Intensity	Shaking	What people notice
I	Not felt	Recorded by instruments only.
II to III	Weak	Felt by a few people at rest, mostly on upper floors; hanging objects may swing.
IV	Light	Felt indoors by many. Dishes, windows and doors rattle; like a heavy truck passing.
V	Moderate	Felt by nearly everyone; sleepers wake. Some dishes break and unstable objects tip over.
VI	Strong	Felt by all; heavy furniture moves, plaster cracks. Damage is slight.
VII	Very strong	Damage slight to moderate in ordinary buildings, considerable in poorly built ones.
VIII	Severe	Considerable damage in ordinary buildings, with partial collapse; chimneys and walls fall.
IX and up	Violent to extreme	Heavy damage even in well-designed buildings; many shifted off foundations.

Did I just feel an earthquake?

A quake appears in these lists within minutes: a few for the US, up to twenty for a quake abroad. Search your town above, or open your state. If it was a quake, tell the USGS through its Did You Feel It? form. If shaking starts: drop, cover and hold on; stay indoors until it stops; near the coast, move to high ground after strong or long shaking without waiting for a warning.

By state

Every state, with the quakes of magnitude 2.5 or more located there in the past 30 days. Each state page adds the smaller quakes of the past week and its largest on record.

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.