Texas earthquakes

M2.3 earthquake 4 km SE of Gardendale, Texas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 4 km SE of Gardendale, Texas on Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 10 km NNE of Odessa, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-09-19 00:04:05 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.995° N, 102.342° 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 III, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.19
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
43°
Stations used
60

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 4 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.46 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2202 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.515 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2198 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 5
  3. 2.417 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 2194 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  4. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2191 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 10
  5. 2.312 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2185 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5
  6. 2.613 km NNW of Midland, TX · 2184 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 11
  7. 2.717 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 2180 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.610 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2178 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 12
  9. 3.010 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2151 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 61

Before

  1. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2203 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 8
  2. 3.011 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 2204 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 136
  3. 1.811 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2208 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.410 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2228 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 43

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us7000bq36. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 6:17 AM UTC.