Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-12 14:34:44 UTC
Depth
9.2 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.408° N, 102.054° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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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
84°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 140 in the 60 days after this one and 53 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  5. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.921 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 1.58 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  11. 5.12024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2,031
  12. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 190
  15. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 27
  16. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 9
  17. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  18. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 21
  20. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  23. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  24. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 735 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  25. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 735 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  28. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  29. 2.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  30. 1.920 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 734 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  31. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 3.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 2
  33. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  34. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 2.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.719 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  38. 1.820 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  39. 1.518 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  40. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  41. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 1.520 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  43. 2.323 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 731 days ago · 1 km deep · 97 km away
  44. 2.622 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 731 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  45. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 731 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  47. 1.725 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  48. 2.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 730 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  49. 1.830 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  50. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  51. 2.223 km W of Garden City, Texas · 728 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 1.717 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 728 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 2.223 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 728 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  54. 1.727 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 728 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  55. 1.814 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 727 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 727 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  57. 1.57 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 727 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 726 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  59. 1.736 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 725 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  60. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away

The first 60 of 140.

Before

  1. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  4. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 743 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  5. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  6. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  7. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  8. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  13. 2.421 km W of Gail, Texas · 747 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  15. 1.528 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  16. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  18. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 750 days ago · 5 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  20. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024rzad (also filed as us7000nda9). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC.