Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 19 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas on Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 8:31 AM CST (14:31 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M1.8 11 km S of Forsan, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-23 14:31:19 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.420° N, 101.534° 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 1.1 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
73°
Stations used
15

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 157 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.719 km N of Stanton, Texas · 973 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 973 days ago · 1 km deep · 56 km away
  3. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 973 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 1.811 km S of Forsan, Texas · 973 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  5. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 973 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  6. 1.721 km SE of Midland, Texas · 971 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  7. 2.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 971 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  8. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 970 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 969 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  10. 2.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 969 days ago · 9 km deep · 43 km away
  11. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  12. 2.425 km N of Snyder, Texas · 967 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 966 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away
  14. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 965 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  15. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 965 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  16. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 964 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  17. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 964 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 963 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  20. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 2.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  22. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 963 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  23. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 963 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  24. 1.712 km NE of Coahoma, Texas · 963 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  25. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 2.117 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 962 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 962 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  28. 1.917 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 961 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  29. 1.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 961 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  30. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 959 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  31. 1.718 km N of Snyder, Texas · 959 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  32. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 959 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  33. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 959 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  34. 2.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 957 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 957 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  36. 2.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 957 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  37. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 957 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  38. 3.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 957 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  39. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 956 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  40. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 954 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 1.826 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 954 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  42. 1.92 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 954 days ago · 6 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.615 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 953 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 953 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 2.315 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 952 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 952 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  47. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  48. 1.511 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  49. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 951 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  50. 1.95 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 951 days ago · 1 km deep · 49 km away
  51. 1.63 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 950 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  52. 2.114 km N of Snyder, Texas · 950 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  53. 1.82 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 950 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  54. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away
  55. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 949 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 948 days ago · 3 km deep · 53 km away
  58. 1.614 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 948 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
  59. 2.118 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 947 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  60. 2.315 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 947 days ago · 0 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 157.

Before

  1. 2.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 975 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  4. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 975 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  5. 2.432 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 11 km deep · 47 km away
  6. 2.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  7. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 3.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  9. 3.433 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.519 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 976 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 2.132 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  13. 1.713 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 3 km deep · 23 km away
  14. 2.319 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 977 days ago · 10 km deep · 43 km away
  15. 2.314 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 977 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.614 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 977 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.114 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 2.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  19. 1.713 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024bphv. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:35 PM UTC.