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M3.6 earthquake 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2022-06-16 19:56:07 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.392° N, 101.643° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
2
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
4.8% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.7 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.5 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 73°, dip 37°, rake -80°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 241°, dip 54°, rake -97°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.3 km horizontally, 3.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
57°
Stations used
25

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 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.515 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.119 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.210 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1558 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 2.220 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1558 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.330 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1555 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 2.010 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1554 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 2.417 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1543 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  8. 2.414 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1542 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  9. 2.418 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1530 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.55 km S of Gardendale, Texas · 1526 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 3.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1522 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 2.329 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1522 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 1.924 km N of Midland, Texas · 1518 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 3.218 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1516 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 2.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1515 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1512 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.515 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1511 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  18. 2.228 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1509 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  19. 2.213 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1509 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  20. 2.033 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1508 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.711 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 1507 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  22. 3.416 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1504 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.010 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1504 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  24. 1.918 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1502 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  25. 2.416 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1502 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  26. 2.09 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1502 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  27. 2.316 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1501 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  28. 2.68 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1501 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away

Before

  1. 2.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1560 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  2. 2.213 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 2.511 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 3.1western Texas · 1562 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 5
  5. 2.816 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1566 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 2
  6. 3.319 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  7. 2.618 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1567 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  8. 2.617 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1571 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1571 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 10
  10. 1.810 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1572 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 2.118 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1573 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  12. 2.221 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1574 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.317 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1575 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1577 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 10
  16. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  17. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1584 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  19. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1590 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022lsuz (also filed as us7000hhy1). Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 7:05 AM UTC.