Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 12 km SSE of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 12 km SSE of Stanton, Texas on Fri, Jul 14, 2023, 4:47 AM CDT (09:47 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.5 26 km S of Westbrook, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2023-07-14 09:47:12 UTC
Depth
10.8 km (6.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.028° N, 101.736° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
99°
Stations used
12

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 62 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1165 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  2. 1.538 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1161 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 2.68 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1160 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 7
  4. 1.78 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1160 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 3.510 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1160 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 133
  6. 2.39 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1160 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 2.410 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1160 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
  8. 1.99 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1158 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 2.030 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1157 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 2.027 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1156 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.638 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1156 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  12. 1.637 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1155 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  13. 1.819 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1154 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.927 km E of Forsan, Texas · 1154 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.417 km N of Stanton, Texas · 1153 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 3.317 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1152 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 2
  17. 2.318 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1152 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  18. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1152 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  19. 2.410 km W of Forsan, Texas · 1152 days ago · 0 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 1.918 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1151 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  21. 1.822 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1151 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.935 km SW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1151 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  23. 3.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 1151 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  24. 1.925 km S of Stanton, Texas · 1150 days ago · 11 km deep · 14 km away
  25. 1.89 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 1150 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  26. 2.029 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1149 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.021 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 1149 days ago · 10 km deep · 44 km away
  28. 2.0western Texas · 1148 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  29. 3.0western Texas · 1146 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  30. 2.210 km NNE of Odessa, Texas · 1146 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  31. 2.127 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1142 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  32. 1.637 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1141 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  33. 2.027 km E of Forsan, Texas · 1139 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  34. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1136 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.411 km SSW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1135 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
  36. 2.233 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1131 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  37. 1.837 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 1129 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  38. 3.431 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 1129 days ago · 11 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  39. 2.234 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1127 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 2.132 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1125 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  41. 1.75 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 1125 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  42. 1.95 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 1125 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  43. 2.15 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 1125 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  44. 3.129 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1125 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  45. 2.6western Texas · 1124 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  46. 2.16 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1124 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  47. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1122 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  48. 1.96 km NNE of Gardendale, Texas · 1122 days ago · 4 km deep · 58 km away
  49. 2.510 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1120 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 2
  50. 2.828 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1120 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  51. 2.88 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1119 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 4
  52. 2.231 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1118 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  53. 1.88 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1117 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  54. 1.99 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 1115 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  55. 2.0western Texas · 1115 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  56. 2.016 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1114 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  57. 2.123 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 1114 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  58. 1.9western Texas · 1113 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  59. 1.833 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1113 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  60. 3.27 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 1112 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 64

The first 60 of 62.

Before

  1. 1.95 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 1168 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  2. 2.634 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1169 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.815 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 1173 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.814 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 1173 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  5. 1.631 km NE of Crane, Texas · 1173 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  6. 1.611 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 1175 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  7. 1.635 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1175 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  8. 1.636 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1175 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  9. 3.029 km S of Stanton, Texas · 1178 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 2.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1181 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  11. 1.517 km NW of Midland, Texas · 1181 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  12. 1.58 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1181 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  13. 1.56 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 1181 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 2.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1182 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 3
  15. 2.216 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 1185 days ago · 9 km deep · 12 km away
  16. 1.621 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 1186 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  17. 2.027 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 1186 days ago · 1 km deep · 65 km away
  18. 2.112 km W of Forsan, Texas · 1187 days ago · 12 km deep · 24 km away
  19. 1.636 km SW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 1188 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  20. 1.921 km SE of Midland, Texas · 1188 days ago · 11 km deep · 22 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2023nrez. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC.