Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Mon, Sep 16, 2024, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.0 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-17 01:46:13 UTC
Depth
8.5 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.414° N, 102.042° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
27
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

27 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 0.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
82°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 136 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 9
  2. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 4
  3. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 21
  5. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 735 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  11. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.920 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 734 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  17. 3.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 84 km away
  19. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 2.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.719 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  23. 1.820 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 1.518 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  25. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  27. 1.520 km NW of Midland, Texas · 732 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.323 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 731 days ago · 1 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.622 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 731 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  30. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  31. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 731 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.725 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  33. 2.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 730 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 1.830 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  35. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  36. 2.223 km W of Garden City, Texas · 728 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  37. 1.717 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 728 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  38. 2.223 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 728 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  39. 1.727 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 728 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  40. 1.814 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 727 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  41. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 727 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.57 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 727 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 726 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 5
  44. 1.736 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 725 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  45. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  46. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 723 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  47. 1.621 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 723 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 3.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  49. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 1.715 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  51. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 719 days ago · 3 km deep · 96 km away
  52. 2.021 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 718 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  53. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  54. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 718 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  56. 1.615 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 717 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  57. 1.723 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 715 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  58. 2.323 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 715 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  59. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 714 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  60. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 714 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away

The first 60 of 136.

Before

  1. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 190
  2. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 5.12024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2,031
  5. 1.58 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  6. 1.921 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  8. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  11. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  13. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 3
  16. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  17. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 743 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  20. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024shei. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC.