M1.7 earthquake 12 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas

Magnitude

1.7 (ml), micro

Local time

Sat, Mar 23, 2024, 3:58 PM CDT

UTC

2024-03-23 20:58:36 UTC

Depth

7.2 km (4.4 mi), shallow

Epicenter

30.931° N, 103.624° W

Region

Texas

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.3 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.20

Station coverage gap

89°

Stations used

13

• Balmorhea, TexasPopulation 523. Forecast13 kmESE
• West Odessa, TexasPopulation 22,707. Forecast147 kmSW
• Odessa, TexasPopulation 114,428. Forecast157 kmSW
• Ciudad Juárez, MexicoPopulation 1,512,450. Forecast283 kmESE

After

1. 2.015 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSat, Mar 23, 6:52 PM CDT · 920 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away
2. 1.934 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 2:00 AM CDT · 920 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
3. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 2:41 AM CDT · 920 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
4. 1.628 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 7:03 AM CDT · 919 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
5. 2.18 km ENE of Balmorhea, TexasSun, Mar 24, 7:10 AM CDT · 919 days ago · 4 km deep · 9 km away
6. 1.713 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 2:41 PM CDT · 919 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
7. 1.933 km NW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 9:22 PM CDT · 919 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
8. 2.013 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSun, Mar 24, 11:27 PM CDT · 919 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
9. 1.843 km NW of Toyah, TexasMon, Mar 25, 3:21 AM CDT · 918 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
10. 1.843 km NW of Toyah, TexasMon, Mar 25, 5:20 AM CDT · 918 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
11. 1.634 km NW of Toyah, TexasMon, Mar 25, 3:53 PM CDT · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
12. 1.634 km NW of Toyah, TexasMon, Mar 25, 4:08 PM CDT · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
13. 1.743 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Mar 26, 2:41 AM CDT · 918 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
14. 2.649 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Mar 26, 4:59 AM CDT · 917 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
15. 1.643 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Mar 26, 6:00 AM CDT · 917 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
16. 1.934 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Mar 26, 1:02 PM CDT · 917 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
17. 1.653 km NW of Toyah, TexasTue, Mar 26, 3:29 PM CDT · 917 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
18. 1.813 km S of Lindsay, TexasWed, Mar 27, 1:01 PM CDT · 916 days ago · 1 km deep · 36 km away
19. 1.737 km NNW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 1:57 AM CDT · 916 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
20. 1.636 km NNW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 2:20 AM CDT · 916 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
21. 1.836 km NNW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 4:42 AM CDT · 915 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
22. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 5:02 AM CDT · 915 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
23. 2.237 km NNW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 6:46 AM CDT · 915 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
24. 1.654 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 1:52 PM CDT · 915 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
25. 2.053 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 3:38 PM CDT · 915 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
26. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 3:53 PM CDT · 915 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
27. 2.535 km NNW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 28, 3:54 PM CDT · 915 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
28. 2.154 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Mar 29, 5:51 PM CDT · 914 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
29. 1.754 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Mar 29, 6:31 PM CDT · 914 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
30. 2.832 km NNW of Toyah, TexasFri, Mar 29, 10:12 PM CDT · 914 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
31. 1.920 km NNW of Toyah, TexasMon, Apr 1, 10:06 PM CDT · 911 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
32. 1.616 km SSE of Barstow, TexasMon, Apr 1, 11:11 PM CDT · 911 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
33. 1.69 km SSW of Lindsay, TexasTue, Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDT · 910 days ago · -1 km deep · 40 km away
34. 1.67 km ESE of Lindsay, TexasTue, Apr 2, 9:33 PM CDT · 910 days ago · 4 km deep · 47 km away
35. 1.810 km SSW of Lindsay, TexasTue, Apr 2, 10:49 PM CDT · 910 days ago · 2 km deep · 39 km away
36. 1.735 km NNW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 3, 3:12 AM CDT · 909 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
37. 2.036 km NNW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 3, 10:56 AM CDT · 909 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
38. 1.715 km NNW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 3, 11:59 PM CDT · 909 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away
39. 1.531 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Apr 4, 3:14 AM CDT · 908 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
40. 1.754 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Apr 5, 4:19 AM CDT · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
41. 1.755 km NW of Toyah, TexasSat, Apr 6, 1:50 AM CDT · 907 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
42. 1.613 km SE of Barstow, TexasSat, Apr 6, 11:04 PM CDT · 906 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
43. 2.117 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSun, Apr 7, 1:23 AM CDT · 906 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
44. 1.88 km SSW of Lindsay, TexasMon, Apr 8, 6:27 AM CDT · 904 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
45. 2.513 km NNW of Mentone, TexasTue, Apr 9, 1:05 AM CDT · 904 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
46. 1.936 km NNW of Toyah, TexasTue, Apr 9, 7:56 PM CDT · 903 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
47. 2.154 km NW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 10, 3:13 AM CDT · 902 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
48. 2.014 km NNW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 10, 3:57 PM CDT · 902 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
49. 1.714 km NNW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 10, 3:58 PM CDT · 902 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
50. 2.154 km NW of Toyah, TexasWed, Apr 10, 7:39 PM CDT · 902 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
51. 1.521 km SW of Coyanosa, TexasWed, Apr 10, 8:02 PM CDT · 902 days ago · 2 km deep · 42 km away
52. 1.539 km WSW of Mentone, TexasThu, Apr 11, 10:38 AM CDT · 901 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
53. 1.850 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Apr 12, 2:54 AM CDT · 901 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
54. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Apr 12, 4:02 AM CDT · 900 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
55. 1.636 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSat, Apr 13, 10:34 AM CDT · 899 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
56. 2.946 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Apr 13, 1:57 PM CDT · 899 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
57. 2.137 km W of Mentone, TexasSat, Apr 13, 2:30 PM CDT · 899 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
58. 2.727 km ESE of Balmorhea, TexasSat, Apr 13, 3:32 PM CDT · 899 days ago · 2 km deep · 14 km away
59. 2.050 km W of Mentone, TexasSun, Apr 14, 2:48 AM CDT · 899 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
60. 2.14 km SE of Pecos, TexasSun, Apr 14, 12:06 PM CDT · 898 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

1. 1.835 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSat, Mar 23, 3:47 PM CDT · 920 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
2. 1.731 km NNW of Toyah, TexasSat, Mar 23, 2:11 PM CDT · 920 days ago · 0 km deep · 77 km away
3. 2.08 km NNE of Toyah, TexasSat, Mar 23, 10:25 AM CDT · 920 days ago · 0 km deep · 51 km away
4. 2.049 km NW of Toyah, TexasSat, Mar 23, 5:43 AM CDT · 920 days ago · 1 km deep · 94 km away
5. 1.631 km WSW of Mentone, TexasSat, Mar 23, 12:37 AM CDT · 921 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away
6. 1.831 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 11:45 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
7. 1.931 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 10:04 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
8. 2.131 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 10:02 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
9. 1.831 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 9:52 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
10. 2.230 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 9:47 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
11. 1.531 km WSW of Mentone, TexasFri, Mar 22, 9:03 PM CDT · 921 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
12. 2.031 km NW of Toyah, TexasFri, Mar 22, 7:00 AM CDT · 921 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
13. 1.630 km NNW of Toyah, TexasFri, Mar 22, 1:33 AM CDT · 922 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
14. 2.055 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 9:32 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
15. 2.255 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 5:25 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
16. 1.855 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 5:20 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
17. 2.040 km W of Mentone, TexasThu, Mar 21, 5:14 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
18. 1.855 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 4:52 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
19. 1.955 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 2:49 PM CDT · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
20. 1.552 km NW of Toyah, TexasThu, Mar 21, 8:14 AM CDT · 922 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024fvku. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 7:24 PM UTC.