Texas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Wed, Aug 7, 2024, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-08 03:11:42 UTC
Depth
6.9 km (4.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.403° N, 102.053° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.00
Station coverage gap
55°
Stations used
28

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 137 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 776 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 775 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.77 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 775 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 3.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  6. 1.529 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  8. 1.728 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.127 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 774 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.736 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 1.729 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 770 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 769 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  15. 3.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 769 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 769 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  17. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 768 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  18. 1.930 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  20. 1.527 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  22. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  23. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  24. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 765 days ago · 10 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 2.125 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  27. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 764 days ago · 11 km deep · 0 km away
  28. 1.67 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 763 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  29. 3.328 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 762 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.726 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 761 days ago · 11 km deep · 82 km away
  32. 1.912 km W of Forsan, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.712 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 11 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 2.024 km W of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  35. 2.035 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  36. 2.013 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 2.335 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  39. 1.525 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 755 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 753 days ago · 7 km deep · 36 km away
  42. 2.817 km NW of Midland, Texas · 752 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  43. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.529 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  45. 2.028 km NE of Crane, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  46. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  47. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  48. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 750 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  49. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  50. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.528 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  52. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 2.421 km W of Gail, Texas · 747 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  54. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  56. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  58. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  60. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away

The first 60 of 137.

Before

  1. 1.89 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 777 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  2. 1.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 778 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 1.623 km E of Forsan, Texas · 778 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 1.68 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 778 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 779 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 779 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 779 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 779 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 2.16 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 781 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.927 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 782 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.537 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 782 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  12. 1.622 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 783 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  13. 2.711 km S of Forsan, Texas · 784 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.634 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 784 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  15. 2.418 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 784 days ago · 2 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.937 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 784 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.010 km S of Forsan, Texas · 784 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  18. 1.86 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 3.025 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 786 days ago · 2 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  20. 2.76 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 786 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 2

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024pmfa (also filed as us6000nisi). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:20 PM UTC.