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M1.9 earthquake 22 km SE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 22 km SE of Midland, Texas on Mon, Mar 28, 2022, 11:41 AM CDT (16:41 UTC), 11 km (7 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
1.9 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2022-03-28 16:41:12 UTC
Depth
10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.871° N, 101.897° 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 1.8 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 29 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1647 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1645 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  3. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1645 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
  4. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1644 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1638 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1635 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1632 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1628 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  9. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1626 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 7
  10. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1621 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1621 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  12. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1614 days ago · 1 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1606 days ago · 1 km deep · 95 km away
  14. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1606 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  15. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1605 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1605 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1604 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1604 days ago · 6 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1603 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  20. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.7western Texas · 1603 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 2
  22. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1602 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  23. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1602 days ago · 14 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1602 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  25. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1600 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  26. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1599 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  27. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1593 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  28. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1592 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1591 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away

Before

  1. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1654 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 17
  2. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1654 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  3. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1657 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  4. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1657 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.8western Texas · 1659 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 8
  6. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1659 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  7. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1659 days ago · 4 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 3
  8. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1663 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  9. 2.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1670 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  10. 2.99 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1671 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away · felt by 37
  11. 1.820 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1677 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.738 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1678 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  13. 1.511 km N of Midland, Texas · 1679 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022gckh. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 4:24 AM UTC.