A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Falls City in Texas on Sunday. Exact location of event, longitude -97.829 West, latitude 29.074 North, depth = 6.9835 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/12/25 / 2025-12-14 10:12:26 / December 14, 2025 @ 10:12 am. The temblor was reported at 10:12:26 / 10:12 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.9835 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: tx2025ynthef. Event ids that are associated: us6000rust, tx2025ynthef.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Alamo Heights, New Braunfels, Beeville. The epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 20 km ENE of Falls City, Texas.

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