Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km E of Forsan, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km E of Forsan, Texas on Sun, Mar 3, 2024, 7:40 AM CST (13:40 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km N of Stanton, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-03-03 13:40:11 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.127° N, 101.095° 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 1.3 km horizontally, 2.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
66°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 122 in the 60 days after this one and 98 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.625 km N of Snyder, Texas · 942 days ago · 4 km deep · 93 km away
  2. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 942 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 941 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  4. 1.635 km SE of Midland, Texas · 941 days ago · 12 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 941 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 939 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 938 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  8. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 937 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  9. 1.923 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 2.628 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 936 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away · felt by 1
  11. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 935 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  13. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 933 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.722 km W of Garden City, Texas · 932 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.63 km S of Midland, Texas · 932 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 1.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 932 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  17. 2.415 km N of Big Spring, Texas · 931 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  18. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 931 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  19. 2.116 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 931 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 930 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  21. 1.612 km N of Snyder, Texas · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  22. 1.58 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 927 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  23. 1.514 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 927 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  24. 1.515 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 926 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 925 days ago · 4 km deep · 29 km away
  26. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 925 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.624 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 925 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  28. 2.77 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 924 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 34
  29. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 923 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  30. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 923 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  31. 1.519 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 923 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  32. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 923 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  33. 1.821 km N of Stanton, Texas · 923 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  34. 2.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 922 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  35. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 922 days ago · 0 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 1.925 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 921 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  37. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 920 days ago · 2 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 920 days ago · 10 km deep · 96 km away
  39. 1.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 918 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  40. 2.528 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 918 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.622 km W of Garden City, Texas · 917 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  42. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 916 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 1.510 km W of Rotan, Texas · 916 days ago · 5 km deep · 93 km away
  44. 1.535 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 915 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 1.716 km N of Snyder, Texas · 914 days ago · 4 km deep · 84 km away
  46. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 914 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 2.126 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 914 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 914 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  49. 2.338 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 913 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  50. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 913 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  51. 1.918 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 913 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  52. 2.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 913 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  53. 1.68 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 912 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  55. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 911 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.724 km W of Garden City, Texas · 911 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  57. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 911 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  58. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 911 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  59. 1.825 km W of Garden City, Texas · 911 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  60. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 911 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away

The first 60 of 122.

Before

  1. 2.16 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 943 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 2.427 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 943 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.016 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 944 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  4. 2.116 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 944 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 2.56 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 944 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 2.15 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 944 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 944 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  8. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 945 days ago · 3 km deep · 20 km away
  9. 2.018 km N of Snyder, Texas · 945 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 1.519 km N of Snyder, Texas · 945 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away
  11. 2.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 945 days ago · 5 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.118 km N of Snyder, Texas · 945 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  13. 2.023 km ENE of Forsan, Texas · 945 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  14. 1.626 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 945 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  15. 2.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 945 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 2.323 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 946 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  17. 2.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 946 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 2
  18. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 946 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 946 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ekih. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC.