5.0 magnitude earthquake hits Texas, shaking reported hundreds of miles away, USGS says

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit southwest Texas and New Mexico on Thursday morning, with people hundreds of miles away reporting that they felt rattling, officials say.

The quake centered on the border of Culbertson and Reeves counties, located about 200 miles east of El Paso, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It rumbled the area around 10:15 a.m. Central Time.

There were more than 1,400 reports of people feeling the earthquake. Many of the reports in Texas were near El Paso, Odessa and Midland, while people in the New Mexico towns of Carlsbad and Roswell also said they felt it, according to the USGS.

A smaller 3.8 magnitude earthquake preceded the large quake shortly before 4 a.m.

Then another three quakes followed several hours after the large earthquake. Two measured at 3.0 magnitude while the last was 3.1 magnitude.

This story was originally published March 26, 2020 at 1:01 PM.