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M 1.9ml

Earthquake near Pleasanton, TX

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Pleasanton in the last 24 hours. M 3.1, 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 II (weak). Every earthquake near Pleasanton

This page: a magnitude 1.9 earthquake was recorded 22 km (14 mi) south of Pleasanton, TX, at 1:34 am CDT on 9 October 2025 (06:34 UTC), 8.4 km deep.

USGS: 5 km ESE of Christine, Texas

78 km (48 mi) S of San Antonio, TX

1:34 am CDT, Oct 9, 2025 · · 8.4 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Atascosa County 16 kmMcMullen County 44 kmLive Oak County 56 kmWilson County 57 kmKarnes County 60 kmFrio County 65 kmBexar County 76 kmLa Salle County 78 kmBee County 79 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
1:34 am CDT on 9 October 2025 ()
Where
22 km (14 mi) south of Pleasanton, TX · earthquakes near Pleasanton
Texas today
every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
Magnitude
M 1.9 (ml)
Depth
8.4 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Atascosa County, 16 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 399 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 19 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Pleasanton, 22 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: Jourdanton, Charlotte.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 4.5 on 2024-02-17 — about 7,900 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 28.7670, -98.4500. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Atascosa County, TX 16 km (10 mi) NNW earthquakes near Atascosa County
McMullen County, TX 44 km (28 mi) SSW earthquakes near McMullen County
Live Oak County, TX 56 km (35 mi) SE earthquakes near Live Oak County
Wilson County, TX 57 km (36 mi) NE earthquakes near Wilson County
Karnes County, TX 60 km (37 mi) ENE earthquakes near Karnes County
Frio County, TX 65 km (41 mi) W earthquakes near Frio County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

55 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 18 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  2. 1.7 17 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  3. 1.5 17 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  4. 2.6 17 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  5. 1.8 17 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  6. 1.9 26 km NW of Pawnee, Texas
  7. 2.2 13 km SE of Tilden, Texas
  8. 1.6 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  9. 1.9 21 km E of Dilley, Texas
  10. 3.5 23 km E of Dilley, Texas
  11. 1.6 21 km SW of Charlotte, Texas
  12. 1.6 5 km SE of Christine, Texas
  13. 1.6 22 km W of Pawnee, Texas
  14. 1.8 11 km WSW of Kenedy, Texas
  15. 1.8 11 km WSW of Kenedy, 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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