M3.1 earthquake 10 km NE of Odessa, Texas
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 km NE of Odessa, Texas on Tue, Apr 21, 2020, 1:29 AM CDT (06:29 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
- 3.1 (mb_Lg, Lg-wave body), minor
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2020-04-21 06:29:45 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 31.926° N, 102.302° W
- Region
- Texas
- Felt reports
- 186
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
186 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.05
- Depth from
- Operator assigned
- Station coverage gap
- 35°
- Stations used
- 52
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.710 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 2355 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
- 2.311 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 2349 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 45
- 2.311 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 2340 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 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 · 6 km away · felt by 78
- 2.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 2310 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 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 us700090vx. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 6:30 PM UTC.