Texas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas on Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 21 km N of Snyder, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-26 20:39:48 UTC
Depth
1.2 km (0.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.405° N, 101.592° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.5 km horizontally, 8.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.11
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
28°
Stations used
50

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2189 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
  2. 2.312 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2183 days ago · 4 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.613 km NNW of Midland, TX · 2182 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 11
  4. 2.717 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 2178 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 2.610 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2176 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 12
  6. 3.010 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2149 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 61
  7. 3.521 km N of Snyder, Texas · 2143 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 60
  8. 3.312 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2133 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 153
  9. 2.511 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2133 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 2.515 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2196 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 5
  2. 2.46 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2201 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.34 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2201 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2201 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 8
  5. 3.011 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2202 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 136
  6. 1.811 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.417 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 2210 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  8. 2.113 km N of Snyder, Texas · 2212 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000c1qf. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.