Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on Fri, Aug 16, 2024, 6:38 PM CDT (23:38 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.9 30 km SW of Garden City, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-16 23:38:12 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.377° N, 101.649° 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, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
34°
Stations used
27

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 142 in the 60 days after this one and 57 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.930 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  3. 1.527 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  5. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  6. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  7. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  8. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 765 days ago · 10 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 2.125 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.819 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 764 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  11. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 764 days ago · 11 km deep · 38 km away
  12. 2.315 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 764 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.67 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 763 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  14. 3.328 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 762 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  16. 1.726 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 761 days ago · 11 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.912 km W of Forsan, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  18. 1.712 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 2.024 km W of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 2.035 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  21. 2.013 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  22. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 2.335 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  24. 1.525 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  25. 2.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 755 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 753 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  27. 2.817 km NW of Midland, Texas · 752 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 4
  28. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  29. 1.529 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  30. 2.028 km NE of Crane, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  31. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
  32. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  33. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 750 days ago · 5 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
  35. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  36. 1.528 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  38. 2.421 km W of Gail, Texas · 747 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  40. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  41. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  42. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  43. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  44. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  45. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  46. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  47. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 743 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  49. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  50. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 741 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.015 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  55. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  56. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  57. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  58. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  59. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  60. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 142.

Before

  1. 1.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 769 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 3.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 769 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 769 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.729 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 770 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.515 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 770 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 3.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 771 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 9
  7. 1.77 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 772 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 1.736 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 773 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 2.127 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.728 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  13. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  14. 1.529 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  15. 3.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 774 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.77 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 775 days ago · 8 km deep · 40 km away
  17. 2.115 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 775 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 775 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 776 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  20. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 776 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024qcjm. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 6:49 PM UTC.