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M 3.2ml
Earthquake near Pleasanton, TX
Yes. A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was recorded 20 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Pleasanton, TX, at 1:55 am CDT on 20 October 2026 (06:55 UTC), 7.3 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet.
USGS: 20 km ESE of Pleasanton, Texas
67 km (42 mi) SSE of San Antonio, TX
- When
- 1:55 am CDT on 20 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 20 km (13 mi) east-southeast of Pleasanton, TX · earthquakes near Pleasanton
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.3 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Atascosa County, 24 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1 hour ago
Earthquake alerts for Pleasanton, TX
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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 190 km (118 mi) from the epicentre. In Pleasanton, 20 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Pleasanton 20 km, intensity III · Jourdanton 26 km, intensity III · Poth 27 km, intensity III · Floresville 29 km, intensity III · Karnes City 37 km, intensity III · Charlotte 41 km, intensity III · Stockdale 49 km, intensity III · Three Rivers 50 km, intensity III. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,900 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 7,900× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,600× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,900 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 2× 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 4.6 on 2025-01-30 — about 130 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 28.9000, -98.2840. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atascosa County, TX | 24 km (15 mi) | W | earthquakes near Atascosa County |
| Wilson County, TX | 36 km (22 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Wilson County |
| Karnes County, TX | 42 km (26 mi) | E | earthquakes near Karnes County |
| Live Oak County, TX | 63 km (39 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Live Oak County |
| McMullen County, TX | 64 km (40 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near McMullen County |
| Bexar County, TX | 65 km (40 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Bexar 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| longitude | -98.28 | -98.28 | |
| latitude | 28.9 | 28.9 | |
| depth | 6.16 | 7.31 |
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.