{"id":384164,"date":"2026-07-23T19:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384164\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T19:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:01:11","slug":"magnitude-5-0-earthquake-near-miami-strongest-in-texas-panhandle-since-1900-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/384164\/","title":{"rendered":"Magnitude 5.0 earthquake near Miami strongest in Texas Panhandle since 1900"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, Texas (ABC 7 News) \u2014 A <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/tx2026ojlaky\/executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">magnitude 5.0 earthquake<\/a> shook parts of the Texas Panhandle early Thursday, with residents reporting feeling the tremor across the region and into Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake struck at 5:21 a.m. about 24 miles northwest of Miami, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was also about 24 miles south-southeast of Spearman.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake originated about 3.5 miles below the surface. Shallow earthquakes are generally more likely to be felt than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.<\/p>\n<p>People reported feeling the shaking in Amarillo, Lubbock, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma. <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/tx2026ojlaky\/map?dyfi-responses-10km=true&amp;shakemap-intensity=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hundreds of people submitted reports to the USGS indicating they felt the earthquake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>The USGS initially classified the earthquake as a magnitude 5.0, though measurements can be revised as scientists review additional data.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake was unusually strong for the Texas Panhandle. USGS records indicate it was the strongest earthquake recorded in the region since at least 1900 and only the fourth magnitude 4.0 or greater earthquake recorded in the Panhandle during that period.<\/p>\n<p>Magnitude 5.0 \u2014 July 23, 2026<br \/>About 24 miles south-southeast of Spearman and northwest of MiamiMagnitude 4.9 \u2014 July 30, 1925<br \/>Carson County, near PanhandleMagnitude 4.5 \u2014 March 12, 1948<br \/>About 11 miles north of DalhartMagnitude 4.5 \u2014 Feb. 15, 1974<br \/>About 9 miles northeast of Perryton<\/p>\n<p>While the current U.S. Geological Survey earthquake catalog says Thursday\u2019s earthquake was the strongest recorded in the Texas Panhandle, an older National Weather Service historical compilation estimates that earthquakes near Panhandle in 1925 and Dalhart in 1948 had magnitudes of 5.4 and 5.2, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Earthquakes are relatively uncommon in the Texas Panhandle because the region is far from the boundaries of the Earth\u2019s tectonic plates, where most major earthquakes occur. However, stress can occasionally cause ancient faults beneath the region to move.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists can also examine whether changes in underground pressure associated with oil and gas operations contributed to an earthquake, but additional data would be needed before determining the cause of Thursday\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p>Aftershocks are possible following an earthquake of this size, though none had been reported immediately after the initial tremor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Texas (ABC 7 News) \u2014 A magnitude 5.0 earthquake shook parts of the Texas Panhandle early Thursday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-384164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}