Texas earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas on Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 18 km NW of Big Spring, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-04-18 22:49:32 UTC
Depth
1.0 km (0.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.398° N, 101.598° 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 2.4 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
80°
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: 39 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1617 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 7
  2. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1612 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  3. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1612 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1605 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1598 days ago · 1 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1597 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  7. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1596 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  9. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1596 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1595 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  11. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1595 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 2.7western Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  14. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  15. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1593 days ago · 14 km deep · 40 km away
  16. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  17. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  18. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1590 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1584 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  21. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  22. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 10
  23. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1577 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 2.317 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1575 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  25. 2.221 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1573 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  26. 2.118 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1573 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  27. 1.810 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1572 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  28. 3.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1571 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
  29. 2.617 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1571 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 2.618 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  31. 3.319 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.816 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1566 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 2
  33. 3.1western Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 5
  34. 2.511 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 2.213 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 79 km away
  36. 2.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 3.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  38. 2.515 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.119 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away

Before

  1. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1623 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1627 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1630 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1635 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1636 days ago · 2 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1636 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
  7. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  8. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1641 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 17
  10. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1648 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1648 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022hpga (also filed as us7000h368). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC.