The July 23, 2026 earthquake
M5.0near Spearman, Texas
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake 3.5 miles deep, centred in Roberts County. The 9th strongest in Texas’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.0
- local magnitude (ml)
- Depth
- 3.5 mi
- 5.7 km below the surface
- Local time
- Thursday, July 23, 2026
- 05:21 CDT; 10:21 UTC
- In Texas’s record
- 9th
- strongest of 4,714 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event tx2026ojlaky (“38 km SSE of Spearman, Texas”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Roberts CountyTX · inside
- Hansford CountyTX · 12.2 mi
- Hutchinson CountyTX · 12.2 mi
- Ochiltree CountyTX · 12.4 mi
- Carson CountyTX · 20.1 mi
- Gray CountyTX · 20.5 mi
- Lipscomb CountyTX · 26.3 mi
- Hemphill CountyTX · 26.6 mi
- Wheeler CountyTX · 31.3 mi
- Moore CountyTX · 37.7 mi
- Sherman CountyTX · 37.7 mi
- Potter CountyTX · 41.2 mi
- Texas CountyOK · 41.3 mi
- Beaver CountyOK · 41.3 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
7 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.