Texas earthquakes

M3.5 earthquake 11 km NE of Odessa, Texas

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 11 km NE of Odessa, Texas on Fri, May 21, 2021, 11:52 PM CDT (04:52 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2021-05-22 04:52:40 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.924° N, 102.284° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
203
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
3.3% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
-1.0 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

203 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
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 1.0 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 58 in the 60 days after this one and 34 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.511 km NE of Odessa, Texas · 1956 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1955 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.628 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 1955 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.86 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  5. 1.66 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1952 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  6. 2.05 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.49 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1952 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 1.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1948 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 2.312 km N of Midland, Texas · 1948 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.712 km N of Midland, Texas · 1948 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 28
  11. 1.716 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1944 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.729 km S of Stanton, Texas · 1943 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.539 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1941 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.638 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1941 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  15. 2.25 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 9 km away
  16. 2.115 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.816 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.916 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 2.415 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1940 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.215 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1938 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 2.412 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1935 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 1.77 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1933 days ago · 13 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.212 km N of Midland, Texas · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  24. 1.711 km N of Midland, Texas · 1933 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 2.016 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1933 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 3.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1931 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  27. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1930 days ago · 12 km deep · 60 km away
  28. 2.218 km N of Stanton, TX · 1927 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  29. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1925 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  30. 3.117 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1925 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  31. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1924 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 2.316 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1924 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  33. 2.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1924 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  34. 2.917 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1923 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  35. 2.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.830 km W of Garden City, Texas · 1921 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  37. 2.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1919 days ago · 11 km deep · 59 km away
  38. 1.516 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1913 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.014 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1913 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 1.820 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1913 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  41. 1.911 km N of Midland, Texas · 1912 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.610 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1911 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  43. 2.118 km SSW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1910 days ago · 4 km deep · 42 km away
  44. 1.57 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1908 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  45. 1.917 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1907 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  46. 1.618 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1906 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  47. 1.613 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1906 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 2.713 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1905 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 7
  49. 2.012 km N of Midland, Texas · 1904 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  50. 2.838 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1901 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 1
  51. 3.113 km N of Coyanosa, Texas · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  52. 2.113 km N of Coyanosa, Texas · 1900 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  53. 2.613 km N of Coyanosa, Texas · 1900 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1898 days ago · 15 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1897 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  56. 1.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1897 days ago · 13 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.116 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1897 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  58. 1.816 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1897 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away

Before

  1. 1.76 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1956 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 1.715 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1957 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 2.8western Texas · 1957 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 9
  4. 1.839 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1958 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.029 km W of Garden City, Texas · 1959 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 1.56 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1960 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  7. 2.06 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1960 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 1
  8. 1.56 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1961 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  9. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1962 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.26 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1963 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  11. 2.07 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1963 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  12. 1.815 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1964 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.315 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1964 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  14. 2.115 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1965 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.916 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1965 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 2.49 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1966 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 16
  17. 1.59 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1969 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  18. 2.214 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1969 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.5western Texas · 1969 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.013 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1971 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2021jxzp (also filed as us7000e590). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 8:30 AM UTC.