Texas earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 6 km NE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 6 km NE of Midland, Texas on Tue, May 3, 2022, 7:47 AM CDT (12:47 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.9 18 km SE of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.9 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-05-03 12:47:41 UTC
Depth
1.4 km (0.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.043° N, 102.031° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person 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 1.5 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
69°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 36 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1601 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1600 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  3. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1600 days ago · 1 km deep · 54 km away
  4. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1599 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1599 days ago · 2 km deep · 53 km away
  6. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1598 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  7. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1598 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  8. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1597 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 2.7western Texas · 1597 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 2
  10. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1597 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  11. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1596 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1595 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1593 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  15. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1587 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  16. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1586 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1586 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1581 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 10
  19. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1581 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.317 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1578 days ago · 1 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 2.118 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1576 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  22. 1.810 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1575 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  23. 3.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1574 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  24. 2.617 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1574 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 2.618 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1570 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  26. 3.319 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1570 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  27. 2.816 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1569 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  28. 2.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1564 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 3.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1564 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.515 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1564 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  31. 2.119 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1564 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 2.210 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1562 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  33. 2.220 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1561 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  34. 2.330 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1558 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  35. 2.117 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 1558 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 2.010 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1557 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away

Before

  1. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1616 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1616 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  3. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1620 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 7
  4. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1623 days ago · 1 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1626 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1630 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  7. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1633 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022ipws (also filed as us7000h6sp). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC.