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M 2.0ml

Earthquake near Dilley, TX

Yes: an earthquake was likely felt in Dilley in the last 24 hours. M 3.1, 32 km (20 mi) NE of Dilley, at 3:20 am CST on 12 November 2026 (09:20 UTC); the estimated shaking in Dilley was intensity III (weak). Every earthquake near Dilley

This page: a magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west of Dilley, TX, at 9:37 pm CST on 2 February 2026 (03:37 UTC), 8.3 km deep.

USGS: 2 km W of Dilley, Texas

9:37 pm CST, Feb 2, 2026 · · 8.3 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

10 km30 km60 km120 km N Frio County 24 kmLa Salle County 37 kmZavala County 59 kmDimmit County 62 kmMcMullen County 68 kmAtascosa County 69 kmMedina County 77 kmUvalde County 94 kmWebb County 102 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
9:37 pm CST on 2 February 2026 ()
Where
3 km (2 mi) west of Dilley, TX · earthquakes near Dilley
Texas today
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Magnitude
M 2.0 (ml)
Depth
8.3 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Frio County, 24 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 282 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 23 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Dilley, 3 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: Dilley 3 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 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 28.6690, -99.2010. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Frio County, TX 24 km (15 mi) NNE earthquakes near Frio County
La Salle County, TX 37 km (23 mi) SSE earthquakes near La Salle County
Zavala County, TX 59 km (36 mi) WNW earthquakes near Zavala County
Dimmit County, TX 62 km (38 mi) WSW earthquakes near Dimmit County
McMullen County, TX 68 km (43 mi) ESE earthquakes near McMullen County
Atascosa County, TX 69 km (43 mi) ENE earthquakes near Atascosa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.5 7 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  2. 2.4 5 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  3. 2.3 5 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  4. 1.9 6 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  5. 1.9 4 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  6. 2.0 6 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  7. 1.9 5 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  8. 1.8 6 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  9. 1.5 7 km SSE of Pearsall, Texas
  10. 1.5 3 km ESE of Pearsall, Texas
  11. 1.7 4 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
  12. 1.5 3 km E of Pearsall, Texas
  13. 1.8 10 km SSW of Pearsall, Texas
  14. 1.7 22 km E of Dilley, Texas
  15. 2.1 13 km SE of Pearsall, 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.

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