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M2.3 earthquake 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake struck 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Mon, Apr 11, 2022, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.3 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-04-11 18:22:37 UTC
Depth
6.5 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.390° N, 101.609° 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 1.4 km horizontally, 3.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
75°
Stations used
8

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 33 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1623 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1619 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1617 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1612 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  6. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1605 days ago · 1 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1597 days ago · 1 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1596 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1595 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1595 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  13. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1594 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  15. 2.7western Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 2
  16. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1593 days ago · 14 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1590 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  21. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1584 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  22. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  23. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1582 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  25. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1577 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 2.317 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1575 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  27. 2.221 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1573 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  28. 2.118 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1573 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  29. 1.810 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1572 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  30. 3.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1571 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 10
  31. 2.617 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1570 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  32. 2.618 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  33. 3.319 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1629 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1636 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  6. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1640 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 17
  8. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away
  9. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.8western Texas · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 8
  12. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1650 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  13. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1650 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 3
  14. 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1653 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1654 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022hccs. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:36 AM UTC.