Texas earthquakes

M2.0 earthquake 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 16 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Tue, Feb 7, 2023, 7:01 AM CST (13:01 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.2 16 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-02-07 13:01:27 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.396° N, 101.626° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 0.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
72°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 144 in the 60 days after this one and 55 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1323 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.916 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1323 days ago · 1 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.216 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1323 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 2.024 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1323 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  5. 2.036 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1323 days ago · 11 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 2.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 2.7western Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  10. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  12. 2.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 2.416 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1320 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.416 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1319 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 3.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1319 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 3
  17. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1319 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  18. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1319 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  19. 2.418 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1319 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 2.213 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 1318 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  21. 2.036 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1318 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  22. 1.822 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1318 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  23. 2.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1318 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 3.115 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1318 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  25. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1318 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  26. 1.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1318 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 1.9western Texas · 1318 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  28. 1.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1317 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  29. 1.513 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 1317 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  30. 1.713 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 1317 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  31. 2.913 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1316 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 10
  32. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1315 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  33. 2.06 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1315 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  34. 2.16 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 1315 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  35. 1.717 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1315 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  36. 4.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 273
  37. 2.015 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  38. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  39. 2.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 16
  40. 2.216 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 2.216 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  42. 2.416 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 2.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 4
  44. 1.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  45. 2.015 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  46. 1.916 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1314 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  47. 2.2western Texas · 1314 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  48. 1.68 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1313 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  49. 1.68 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1313 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  50. 1.9western Texas · 1313 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  51. 2.116 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1313 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1313 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  53. 1.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1312 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  54. 1.916 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1312 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.530 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 1312 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1311 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  57. 1.715 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1311 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  58. 2.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1311 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
  59. 2.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1311 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  60. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1311 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 144.

Before

  1. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1323 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  2. 1.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1324 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  3. 3.017 km N of Snyder, Texas · 1324 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 3
  4. 1.732 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1324 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  5. 1.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1324 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 1.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1324 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 2.216 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  9. 1.52 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 1324 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 2.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1325 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.911 km N of Midland, Texas · 1325 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.3western Texas · 1325 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 4
  13. 1.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1325 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 1.78 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 1326 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  17. 2.37 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1326 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 2.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 1326 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.07 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 1326 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 3.120 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1327 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2023cqpk. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 2:11 PM UTC.