Texas earthquakes

M2.9 earthquake 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck 9 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas on Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 6:38 AM CST (12:38 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 18 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-07 12:38:43 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.946° N, 102.337° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
37
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

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

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.9 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
47°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 22 in the 60 days after this one and 37 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1666 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1658 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  3. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1655 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 3
  4. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1655 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.8western Texas · 1654 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 8
  6. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1652 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  7. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1652 days ago · 3 km deep · 84 km away
  8. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  9. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1649 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 17
  10. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1645 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1642 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  12. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1640 days ago · 5 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1640 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1634 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  16. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1631 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1627 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1624 days ago · 1 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1621 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 7
  20. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1617 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  21. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1616 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1609 days ago · 1 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1

Before

  1. 1.820 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1673 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  2. 1.738 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.511 km N of Midland, Texas · 1675 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 1.916 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 1676 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  5. 1.731 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1677 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  6. 1.817 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1677 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.510 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1677 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1679 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.69 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1681 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  10. 1.618 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1681 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  11. 1.66 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1682 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  12. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1683 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.59 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.610 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1684 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  15. 2.924 km W of Garden City, Texas · 1686 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  16. 3.214 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 1687 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 58
  17. 1.918 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1688 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 1.533 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.816 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 1.716 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1689 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022epss (also filed as us6000h2qw). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC.