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M1.7 earthquake 20 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas on Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 2:04 PM CDT (19:04 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 39 km WSW of Mentone, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-07-19 19:04:54 UTC
Depth
4.3 km (2.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
30.902° N, 103.551° 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 1.0 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
77°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 189 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.88 km NE of Balmorhea, Texas · 801 days ago · 2 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.244 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 801 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  3. 2.345 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 801 days ago · 7 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.516 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas · 800 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  5. 1.735 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  6. 1.647 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 800 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  7. 2.041 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 2.238 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 2.538 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  10. 1.938 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  11. 1.738 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  12. 1.638 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 1.938 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 2.839 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 2.438 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  16. 1.617 km N of Balmorhea, Texas · 799 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
  17. 2.133 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.634 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  19. 1.733 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 798 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  20. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.635 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  22. 1.735 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  23. 1.843 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.633 km W of Mentone, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  25. 1.639 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  26. 1.736 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  27. 2.936 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.536 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  29. 1.936 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  30. 1.836 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.936 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 795 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.735 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.333 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  34. 2.324 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 793 days ago · 0 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 1.725 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas · 793 days ago · 1 km deep · 34 km away
  36. 2.144 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 792 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  37. 2.037 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 791 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  38. 1.943 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 791 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 1.544 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 790 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
  40. 2.134 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 790 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  41. 1.734 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 790 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  42. 1.845 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 789 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  43. 2.345 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 789 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  44. 2.030 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 789 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  45. 2.745 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 789 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  46. 2.016 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 789 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away
  47. 1.615 km ESE of Balmorhea, Texas · 788 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  48. 1.845 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 788 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  49. 2.146 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 788 days ago · 6 km deep · 96 km away
  50. 1.68 km NNE of Balmorhea, Texas · 787 days ago · 5 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 1.733 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 786 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 1.948 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 786 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  53. 1.636 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 786 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  54. 1.730 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 785 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 2.130 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 784 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  56. 1.535 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 784 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  57. 1.820 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas · 784 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
  58. 2.938 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  59. 2.838 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  60. 2.138 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 189.

Before

  1. 1.836 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 804 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.736 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 804 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.610 km N of Toyah, Texas · 805 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.540 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  5. 1.738 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  6. 2.736 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  7. 2.036 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  8. 1.636 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.712 km N of Toyah, Texas · 807 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 1.641 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 809 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  11. 1.846 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 809 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.031 km NW of Toyah, Texas · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  13. 1.511 km S of Lindsay, Texas · 810 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.615 km N of Coyanosa, Texas · 810 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  15. 1.82 km W of Pecos, Texas · 812 days ago · 3 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  16. 1.621 km NNW of Toyah, Texas · 813 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 2.433 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 813 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.634 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 814 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  19. 1.76 km WNW of Pecos, Texas · 814 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
  20. 2.535 km WSW of Mentone, Texas · 815 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ocwj. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC.