M2.2 earthquake 10 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake struck 10 km SE of Gardendale, Texas on Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km NNW of Midland, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.2 (mb_lg), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-07-19 11:35:40 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.939° N, 102.316° W
- Region
- Texas
- Felt reports
- 4
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
4 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 0.9 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.09
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 42°
- Stations used
- 68
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.710 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2260 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 41
- 2.911 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2250 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 43
- 2.711 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2250 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 25
- 2.410 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2249 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 5
- 2.410 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2228 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 43
- 1.811 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2207 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
- 3.011 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 136
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000ar82. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:42 PM UTC.