Texas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 17 km NW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 17 km NW of Midland, Texas on Fri, Jun 5, 2020, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

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

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (mb_lg), micro
Local time
UTC
2020-06-06 00:16:27 UTC
Depth
5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.117° N, 102.194° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people 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 1.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.09
Depth from
Operator assigned
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
55

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 3 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.510 km NW of Goldsmith, Texas · 2303 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  2. 2.415 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2270 days ago · 5 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 12
  3. 2.511 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2268 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 15
  4. 3.010 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2266 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 64
  5. 2.210 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2265 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.710 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 2262 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 41
  7. 2.911 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2251 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 43
  8. 2.711 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2251 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 25
  9. 2.410 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2250 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 5

Before

  1. 3.210 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 2313 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 78
  2. 2.011 km NE of Odessa, Texas · 2329 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 2.311 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 2338 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 10

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us6000a6xz. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 1:34 AM UTC.