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Earthquakes in Texas

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Texas was M 2.6, 11 km WNW of Hilltop, Texas, at 2:26 pm CST on 9 November 2026, 7 km deep. 12 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Texas since.

In the last 24 hours, 15 earthquakes of M1.5 or more were recorded in Texas; the largest was M 2.3, 43 km NW of Toyah, Texas, at 11:17 pm CST.

Last 24 hours
15
Last 7 days
51
Last 30 days
369 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 148
Last 12 months
4,103 · largest M 5.0 on 23 July 2026
Since 2016
19,580 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 5.8 on 3 September 2016, 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Texas, where USGS names the state in the location

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56

Typical QuakeIndex 56 / 100

60 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Texas. Normal for here is 31 to 120 in a week.

Compared against Texas's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M2.5–M3.1), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes in Texas

4 in the latest snapshot we hold; the full 7 days load from USGS as this page opens.

  1. 1.9 15 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas 7 km deep
  2. 2.3 43 km NW of Toyah, Texas 7 km deep
  3. 1.4 4 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas 3 km deep
  4. 1.8 14 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas 8 km deep

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Largest on record in and around Texas

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 5.8 14 km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
M 5.4 Coalson Draw, Texas
M 5.4 59 km S of Whites City, New Mexico
M 5.2 Coalson Draw, Texas
M 5.2 Range Hill, Texas
M 5.1 2024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake
M 5.1 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas
M 5.1 18 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Texas, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Texas since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists 2 earthquakes of M5 or more in and just off Texas:

  1. 6.3 The 1931 Valentine, Texas Earthquake
  2. 5.7 13 km NW of Marathon, Texas

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The most active counties in Texas

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Culberson County 15,520 Typical (44)
Reeves County 5,247 Typical (36)
Loving County 3,617 Typical (46)
Atascosa County 2,656 Elevated (93)
Karnes County 2,169 Quiet (0)
Martin County 1,970 Typical (45)
Wilson County 1,843 Quiet (0)
Frio County 1,604 Unusual (98)
Howard County 1,515 Elevated (87)
Midland County 1,332 Typical (70)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Texas with the most earthquakes named after them

Pecos 328 M2.5+ named after it · Snyder 203 M2.5+ named after it · Midland 177 M2.5+ named after it · Big Spring 123 M2.5+ named after it · Stanton 96 M2.5+ named after it · Karnes City 84 M2.5+ named after it · Pleasanton 64 M2.5+ named after it · Fort Stockton 44 M2.5+ named after it · Gardendale 41 M2.5+ named after it · Pearsall 35 M2.5+ named after it · Floresville 33 M2.5+ named after it · Nixon 27 M2.5+ named after it · Eagle Pass 20 M2.5+ named after it · Odessa 19 M2.5+ named after it · Cuero 16 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Texas

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.