Texas earthquakes

M3.3 earthquake 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 10:39 AM CST (16:39 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.3 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2024-01-21 16:39:17 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.405° N, 102.040° 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.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Oblique normal
Moment magnitude
3.2 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 217°, dip 71°, rake -137°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 110°, dip 50°, rake -25°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
11

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.519 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 975 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 3.433 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 3.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 2.432 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 11 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.719 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 974 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  9. 1.719 km N of Stanton, Texas · 973 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 973 days ago · 1 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 973 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.811 km S of Forsan, Texas · 973 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  13. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 972 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  14. 1.721 km SE of Midland, Texas · 971 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 2.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 970 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 970 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 969 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  18. 2.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 969 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  19. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 965 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 965 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 964 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 964 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 963 days ago · 9 km deep · 9 km away
  24. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 2.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 962 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  28. 1.712 km NE of Coahoma, Texas · 962 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  29. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  30. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 961 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  31. 1.917 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 960 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  32. 1.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 960 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 959 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 959 days ago · 3 km deep · 95 km away
  35. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 958 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  36. 2.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 957 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  37. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 957 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  38. 2.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 956 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  40. 3.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  41. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 955 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  42. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 954 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  43. 1.826 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 953 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  44. 1.92 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 953 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  45. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 952 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  46. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 6 km deep · 41 km away
  48. 1.511 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 950 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  49. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 950 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  50. 1.95 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 950 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  51. 1.63 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 950 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  52. 1.82 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 949 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  53. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 2 km deep · 98 km away
  54. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 4 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 948 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 948 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  57. 1.523 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 2.823 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  60. 1.528 km SE of Midland, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 2.132 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.713 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 3 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.319 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.713 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  6. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 2.221 km W of Garden City, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 1.523 km NNE of Gardendale, Texas · 978 days ago · 12 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 2.423 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  10. 1.96 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  11. 1.918 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 979 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  12. 2.231 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 979 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.716 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 979 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  14. 1.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 979 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  15. 2.16 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 979 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  16. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 979 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  17. 2.825 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 980 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.613 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 980 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  19. 1.932 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 1.725 km W of Garden City, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024blvb (also filed as us6000m59l). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:03 AM UTC.