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M 2.4ml
Earthquake near Van Horn, TX
Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Van Horn in the last 24 hours. M 3.4, 79 km (49 mi) NNE of Van Horn, at 3:25 pm CST on 13 November 2026 (21:25 UTC); the estimated shaking in Van Horn was intensity II (weak). Every earthquake near Van Horn
This page: a magnitude 2.4 earthquake was recorded 42 km (26 mi) southeast of Van Horn, TX, at 11:14 am CDT on 30 September 2025 (16:14 UTC), 12 km deep.
USGS: 17 km NNW of Valentine, Texas
- When
- 11:14 am CDT on 30 September 2025 ()
- Where
- 42 km (26 mi) southeast of Van Horn, TX · earthquakes near Van Horn
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Jeff Davis County, 38 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 363 days ago
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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 40 km (25 mi) from the epicentre. In Van Horn, 42 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 6.3 The 1931 Valentine, Texas Earthquake · 37 km E of this epicentre
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 30.7380, -104.5620. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Davis County, TX | 38 km (23 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Jeff Davis County |
| Culberson County, TX | 79 km (49 mi) | N | earthquakes near Culberson County |
| Presidio County, TX | 86 km (54 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Presidio County |
| Reeves County, TX | 103 km (64 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Reeves County |
| Hudspeth County, TX | 111 km (69 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Hudspeth County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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