Texas earthquakes

M3.4 earthquake 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake struck 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on Fri, Oct 18, 2024, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.4 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2024-10-18 18:24:19 UTC
Depth
7.2 km (4.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.411° N, 102.061° 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 II, weak shaking.

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Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

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

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.3 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 90°, dip 55°, rake -60°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 225°, dip 45°, rake -126°

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
68°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 116 in the 60 days after this one and 70 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.813 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  5. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 704 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.928 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 703 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.75 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 703 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.529 km SE of Midland, Texas · 702 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 702 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 702 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.65 km SE of Midland, Texas · 702 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  13. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 702 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  14. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 701 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 2.223 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 701 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  16. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 701 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 701 days ago · 3 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 700 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  19. 1.516 km SE of Stanton, Texas · 700 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 699 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 1.61 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 697 days ago · 5 km deep · 53 km away
  22. 1.56 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 697 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  23. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  24. 2.415 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 695 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 694 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  26. 1.99 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 694 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.911 km SSW of Forsan, Texas · 694 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  28. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 694 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  29. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 693 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  30. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 692 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 1.923 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 691 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  32. 1.723 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 691 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 690 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 690 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  35. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 690 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  36. 3.021 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 689 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.513 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 689 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  38. 2.216 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 688 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  39. 2.032 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 688 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  40. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 686 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  41. 1.62 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 685 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.023 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 684 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  43. 1.924 km E of Forsan, Texas · 682 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  44. 1.524 km E of Forsan, Texas · 682 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.333 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 682 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.920 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 681 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 680 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 2.424 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 679 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 1.67 km WNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  50. 1.836 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 679 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  51. 2.123 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 678 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 678 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 2.716 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 678 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  54. 1.824 km E of Forsan, Texas · 678 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 678 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  56. 1.523 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 678 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 678 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  58. 2.07 km SE of Midland, Texas · 675 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  59. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 674 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  60. 2.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 674 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 2

The first 60 of 116.

Before

  1. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 706 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.314 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 707 days ago · 6 km deep · 33 km away
  4. 1.68 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 2.436 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 709 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  8. 2.016 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1
  9. 2.115 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 1
  10. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 711 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.527 km NE of Crane, Texas · 712 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.82 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 712 days ago · 3 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.62 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 712 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  14. 1.611 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  16. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.727 km E of Forsan, Texas · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  20. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 714 days ago · 4 km deep · 98 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024unbv (also filed as us6000nzla). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC.