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M3.5 earthquake 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Fri, Mar 18, 2022, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.5 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-03-19 00:41:53 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.378° N, 101.639° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.6 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 18 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1650 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.8western Texas · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
  3. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  4. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 17
  7. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1640 days ago · 11 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  10. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1636 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  12. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1629 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1626 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  14. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1623 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1619 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1617 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  17. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1612 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  19. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1605 days ago · 1 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  20. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1597 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  21. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  23. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1596 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  24. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1595 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1595 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  26. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1594 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  27. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  28. 2.7western Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  29. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1593 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away

Before

  1. 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  2. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  3. 2.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1661 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  4. 2.99 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1662 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 37
  5. 1.820 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1668 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  6. 1.738 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1669 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  7. 1.511 km N of Midland, Texas · 1670 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.916 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 1672 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.731 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1672 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  10. 1.817 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1673 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.510 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  12. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1675 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 1.69 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1676 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.618 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1677 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
  15. 1.66 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1678 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  16. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1679 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.59 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1679 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.610 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1679 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022fktd (also filed as us6000h5wv). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.