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M 3.8ml
Earthquake near Pleasanton, TX
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Pleasanton in the last 24 hours. M 3.2, 46 km (29 mi) WSW of Pleasanton, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026 (09:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Pleasanton was intensity III (weak). Every earthquake near Pleasanton
This page: a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded 19 km (12 mi) east of Pleasanton, TX, at 11:22 pm CDT on 18 July 2023 (04:22 UTC), 8.8 km deep. 55 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 19 km E of Pleasanton, Texas
60 km (37 mi) SSE of San Antonio, TX
- When
- 11:22 pm CDT on 18 July 2023 ()
- Where
- 19 km (12 mi) east of Pleasanton, TX · earthquakes near Pleasanton
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 3.8 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 55 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- Nearest
- Atascosa County, 26 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 498 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 401 km (249 mi) from the epicentre. In Pleasanton, 19 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). 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.
Likely felt in: Pleasanton 19 km, intensity IV · Floresville 22 km, intensity IV · Jourdanton 26 km, intensity IV · Karnes City 38 km, intensity III · Charlotte 43 km, intensity III · Stockdale 43 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.8 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 22,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 710× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.8 about 7.6 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 16× more
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 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 28.9670, -98.2820. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atascosa County, TX | 26 km (16 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Atascosa County |
| Wilson County, TX | 30 km (19 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Wilson County |
| Karnes County, TX | 42 km (26 mi) | E | earthquakes near Karnes County |
| Bexar County, TX | 58 km (36 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Bexar County |
| Live Oak County, TX | 70 km (44 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Live Oak County |
| McMullen County, TX | 71 km (44 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near McMullen 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.
- 1.8 15 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.6 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 14 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.5 15 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.9 14 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.5 17 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 4.1 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.5 17 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 2.7 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 3.1 17 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.6 16 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 1.7 17 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
- 3.0 17 km ENE 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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