Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake western Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck in western Texas on Sat, Mar 19, 2022, 7:40 AM CDT (12:40 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.9 5 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-03-19 12:40:05 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.973° N, 102.342° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
8
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

8 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
82°
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: 30 in the 60 days after this one and 19 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1652 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.618 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1652 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  3. 2.05 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1650 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.95 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1649 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 17
  5. 1.922 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1645 days ago · 11 km deep · 44 km away
  6. 1.733 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1642 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  7. 2.126 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1640 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  8. 2.417 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1640 days ago · 2 km deep · 80 km away
  9. 2.917 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1640 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 1.917 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1634 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1631 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  12. 2.34 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1627 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.718 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1624 days ago · 1 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 2.69 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1621 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 7
  15. 2.29 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1617 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 2.13 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1616 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  17. 1.96 km NE of Midland, Texas · 1609 days ago · 1 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.321 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1601 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  19. 2.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1601 days ago · 1 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1600 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.818 km NW of Big Spring, Texas · 1600 days ago · 2 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.56 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1599 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away
  23. 2.19 km N of Odessa, Texas · 1599 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  24. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1598 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  25. 2.7western Texas · 1598 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  26. 2.110 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1597 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  27. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1597 days ago · 14 km deep · 57 km away
  28. 2.320 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1597 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  29. 2.016 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1596 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  30. 1.920 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1594 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away

Before

  1. 3.217 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1655 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  2. 3.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1655 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 3
  3. 2.111 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1658 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1666 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  5. 2.99 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1666 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 37
  6. 1.820 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1673 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  7. 1.738 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1673 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.511 km N of Midland, Texas · 1675 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 1.916 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 1676 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  10. 1.731 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1677 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  11. 1.817 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1677 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  12. 1.510 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1677 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  13. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1679 days ago · 5 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 1.69 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 1681 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  15. 1.618 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1681 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 1.66 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1682 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1683 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 1.59 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1683 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  19. 2.610 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1684 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2022flqv (also filed as us6000h60j). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:52 PM UTC.