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M 2.1ml

Earthquake near Floresville, TX

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Floresville in the last 24 hours. M 3.1, 82 km (51 mi) WSW of Floresville, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026 (09:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Floresville was intensity II (weak). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. Every earthquake near Floresville

This page: a magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 23 km (14 mi) south of Floresville, TX, at 4:11 pm CST on 23 February 2025 (22:11 UTC), 6.3 km deep.

USGS: 18 km WSW of Falls City, Texas

68 km (42 mi) SSE of San Antonio, TX

4:11 pm CST, Feb 23, 2025 · · 6.3 km deep · released about 43 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wilson County 29 kmKarnes County 33 kmAtascosa County 34 kmLive Oak County 64 kmBexar County 66 kmMcMullen County 71 kmBee County 72 kmGuadalupe County 77 kmGoliad County 80 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
4:11 pm CST on 23 February 2025 ()
Where
23 km (14 mi) south of Floresville, TX · earthquakes near Floresville
Texas today
every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 2.1 (ml)
Depth
6.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Wilson County, 29 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 498 days ago

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 28 km (17 mi) from the epicentre. In Floresville, 23 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.

Likely felt in: Floresville 23 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 43 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 350,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 250,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 22× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 43 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 4.6 on 2025-01-30 — about 5,600 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 28.9280, -98.1930. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Wilson County, TX 29 km (18 mi) NNE earthquakes near Wilson County
Karnes County, TX 33 km (21 mi) E earthquakes near Karnes County
Atascosa County, TX 34 km (21 mi) W earthquakes near Atascosa County
Live Oak County, TX 64 km (40 mi) S earthquakes near Live Oak County
Bexar County, TX 66 km (41 mi) NNW earthquakes near Bexar 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. 1.6 6 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
  2. 2.1 22 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  3. 1.6 22 km NNW of Three Rivers, Texas
  4. 2.0 1 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  5. 1.8 2 km WNW of Falls City, Texas
  6. 1.8 2 km WNW of Falls City, Texas
  7. 1.8 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  8. 1.5 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  9. 3.0 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  10. 2.2 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  11. 1.5 2 km WNW of Falls City, Texas
  12. 1.6 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  13. 1.8 19 km E of Pleasanton, Texas
  14. 2.4 2 km NW of Falls City, Texas
  15. 1.6 22 km WSW 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

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