Texas earthquakes

M1.9 earthquake 17 km N of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.9 earthquake struck 17 km N of Stanton, Texas on Fri, Apr 8, 2022, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC), 9 km (5 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
2022-04-08 16:59:33 UTC
Depth
8.7 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.286° N, 101.783° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
83°
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: 31 in the 60 days after this one and 13 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1632 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1628 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1625 days ago · 1 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1622 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 7
  5. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1618 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  6. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1618 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  7. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1610 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.624 km NNE of Coahoma, Texas · 1603 days ago · 1 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1602 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1602 days ago · 1 km deep · 19 km away
  11. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1601 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  12. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1601 days ago · 2 km deep · 18 km away
  13. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1600 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  14. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1600 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  15. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1599 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.7western Texas · 1599 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1598 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  18. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1598 days ago · 14 km deep · 27 km away
  19. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1598 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  20. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1597 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  21. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1595 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  22. 2.626 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1589 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  23. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1588 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1588 days ago · 8 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 2.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1583 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 10
  26. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1583 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  27. 2.317 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1580 days ago · 1 km deep · 17 km away
  28. 2.118 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1578 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  29. 1.810 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 1577 days ago · 6 km deep · 15 km away
  30. 3.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1576 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 10
  31. 2.617 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1576 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away

Before

  1. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1641 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1641 days ago · 2 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1641 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  4. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1643 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1646 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1650 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 17
  7. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1651 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1653 days ago · 3 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1654 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 2.8western Texas · 1655 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 8
  11. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1656 days ago · 5 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  12. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1656 days ago · 4 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 3
  13. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1660 days ago · 5 km deep · 16 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022gwnl. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 3:41 PM UTC.