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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Cuero, TX
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Cuero in the last 24 hours. M 3.2, 163 km (101 mi) W of Cuero, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026 (09:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Cuero was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Cuero
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 30 km (19 mi) west-northwest of Cuero, TX, at 10:37 am CST on 8 January 2019 (16:37 UTC), 9.8 km deep.
USGS: 13 km SSE of Smiley, Texas
97 km (60 mi) ESE of San Antonio, TX
- When
- 10:37 am CST on 8 January 2019 ()
- Where
- 30 km (19 mi) west-northwest of Cuero, TX · earthquakes near Cuero
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- DeWitt County, 24 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 8 km (5 mi) from the epicentre. In Cuero, 30 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Yorktown, Nixon.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.0 on 2018-05-01 — about 2,800 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 29.1500, -97.5920. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeWitt County, TX | 24 km (15 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near DeWitt County |
| Gonzales County, TX | 36 km (22 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Gonzales County |
| Karnes County, TX | 37 km (23 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Karnes County |
| Wilson County, TX | 48 km (30 mi) | W | earthquakes near Wilson County |
| Goliad County, TX | 57 km (35 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Goliad County |
| Guadalupe County, TX | 59 km (37 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Guadalupe County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
60 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.0 11 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.9 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 11 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.2 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.5 16 km SSW of Smiley, Texas
- 2.3 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.1 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.1 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.8 13 km NNE of Karnes City, Texas
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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