Texas earthquakes

M2.1 earthquake 16 km WNW of Big Spring, Texas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 16 km WNW of Big Spring, Texas on Sun, Sep 5, 2021, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.7 16 km NNW of Midland, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2021-09-06 01:57:17 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.323° N, 101.626° W
Region
Texas
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
71°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 40 in the 60 days after this one and 22 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.615 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1845 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 3.716 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 593
  3. 1.915 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1845 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 2.312 km N of Midland, Texas · 1845 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 2
  5. 1.815 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.615 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1844 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 8
  7. 2.229 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1840 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1839 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.929 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1835 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 3.430 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1834 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  11. 2.1western Texas · 1834 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  12. 2.211 km N of Midland, Texas · 1832 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.66 km S of Gardendale, Texas · 1832 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  14. 1.88 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1831 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  15. 2.512 km N of Midland, Texas · 1831 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 7
  16. 3.312 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 1827 days ago · 11 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 5
  17. 2.337 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1827 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  18. 2.915 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1827 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 31
  19. 2.38 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1825 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  20. 1.915 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1824 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  21. 2.712 km N of Midland, Texas · 1820 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 15
  22. 2.512 km N of Midland, Texas · 1820 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 2.09 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1818 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 1.916 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.210 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1814 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  26. 2.26 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 1809 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  27. 2.036 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1797 days ago · 12 km deep · 47 km away
  28. 2.17 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 1796 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  29. 3.49 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 80
  30. 3.69 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1795 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 154
  31. 2.916 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1795 days ago · 11 km deep · 8 km away
  32. 2.118 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1794 days ago · 1 km deep · 7 km away
  33. 3.29 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1794 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 40
  34. 2.19 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1793 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 6
  35. 2.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1791 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  36. 2.69 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 1791 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  37. 2.915 km WNW of Big Spring, Texas · 1790 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.137 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1790 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  39. 1.822 km W of Garden City, Texas · 1787 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  40. 2.137 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1786 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away

Before

  1. 1.829 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 1847 days ago · 11 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.812 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1847 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.612 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1847 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.412 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1849 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.915 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1850 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 2.126 km W of Garden City, Texas · 1851 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 2.931 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1852 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.231 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1852 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.214 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1854 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  10. 1.96 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1857 days ago · 11 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 1.96 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1857 days ago · 12 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 1.78 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1857 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  13. 1.814 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1858 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1859 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  15. 1.512 km N of Midland, Texas · 1859 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 2.317 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1864 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.313 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1864 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1864 days ago · 12 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 2.815 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1867 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 15
  20. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1869 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021rlgq. Read Fri, Sep 25, 2026, 8:59 PM UTC.