Texas earthquakes

M2.4 earthquake 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Sat, Apr 2, 2022, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC), 2 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 17 km SE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.4 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-04-02 07:11:01 UTC
Depth
1.8 km (1.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.385° N, 101.643° 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 2.0 km horizontally, 3.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
79°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 14 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1629 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1626 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1623 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1619 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1617 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 7
  7. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1612 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  8. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  9. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1605 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1597 days ago · 1 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1596 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1595 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1595 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1594 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  18. 2.7western Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1593 days ago · 14 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  22. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1590 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  24. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1584 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  25. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  26. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1582 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  27. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 10
  28. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1577 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away

Before

  1. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  2. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  3. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1641 days ago · 11 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 17
  5. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.8western Texas · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 8
  9. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1650 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1650 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  11. 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  12. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 2.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1661 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 2.99 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1662 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 37

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022gkuz. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 4:16 AM UTC.