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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Pleasanton, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Pleasanton in the 24 hours to 5:29 pm CST (23:29 UTC). The last one was M 3.1, 46 km (29 mi) WSW, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Pleasanton
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 32 km (20 mi) southeast of Pleasanton, TX, at 1:25 pm CST on 5 December 2020 (19:25 UTC), 7.1 km deep.
USGS: 26 km NW of Pawnee, Texas
79 km (49 mi) SSE of San Antonio, TX
- When
- 1:25 pm CST on 5 December 2020 ()
- Where
- 32 km (20 mi) southeast of Pleasanton, TX · earthquakes near Pleasanton
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Atascosa County, 33 km WNW
- 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 3 km (2 mi) from the epicentre. In Pleasanton, 32 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 4,000 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 28.8070, -98.2070. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atascosa County, TX | 33 km (21 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Atascosa County |
| Karnes County, TX | 36 km (23 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Karnes County |
| Wilson County, TX | 42 km (26 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Wilson County |
| Live Oak County, TX | 51 km (32 mi) | S | earthquakes near Live Oak County |
| McMullen County, TX | 59 km (37 mi) | SW | earthquakes near McMullen County |
| Bee County, TX | 63 km (39 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Bee County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
50 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 16 km SSE of Stockdale, Texas
- 1.5 16 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.6 17 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.6 16 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.6 16 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.6 16 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.5 17 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.5 15 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.5 15 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.8 16 km W of Pawnee, Texas
- 1.6 18 km SW of Floresville, Texas
- 1.8 18 km SW of Floresville, Texas
- 2.1 3 km SE of Falls City, Texas
- 3.2 3 km SE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.8 2 km SE of Falls 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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