M2.3 earthquake 11 km NNE of Odessa, Texas
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 11 km NNE of Odessa, Texas on Mon, Apr 27, 2020, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.2 10 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.3 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), micro
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-28 02:16:24 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.934° N, 102.301° W
- Region
- Texas
- Felt reports
- 45
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
45 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.4 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.12
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 44°
- Stations used
- 71
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.311 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 2340 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 10
- 2.011 km NE of Odessa, Texas · 2330 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
- 3.210 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 2314 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 78
- 2.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2310 days ago · 5 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
- 2.510 km NW of Goldsmith, Texas · 2305 days ago · 5 km deep · 40 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us60009dnt. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:53 PM UTC.