Texas earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 11 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 11 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas on Sun, Sep 13, 2020, 12:39 AM CDT (05:39 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.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2020-09-13 05:39:50 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.936° N, 102.317° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.1 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.15
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
40°
Stations used
94

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 12 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.011 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2207 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 136
  2. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 8
  3. 2.34 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.46 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2206 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.515 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2201 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.417 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 2198 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 3
  7. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2194 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 10
  8. 2.312 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2188 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
  9. 2.613 km NNW of Midland, TX · 2187 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 11
  10. 2.717 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 2183 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.610 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2181 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 12
  12. 3.010 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2154 days ago · 4 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 61

Before

  1. 2.410 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2231 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 43

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bmm3. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC.