Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas on Fri, Jul 26, 2024, 5:59 PM CDT (22:59 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 13 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-07-26 22:59:57 UTC
Depth
8.2 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.760° N, 100.649° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.8 km horizontally, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
52°
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: 109 in the 60 days after this one and 111 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.918 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  3. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  4. 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 2.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 2.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  8. 2.416 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  9. 2.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  10. 2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  12. 4.513 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 3 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 115
  13. 2.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  14. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  18. 2.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  19. 1.815 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  21. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  22. 2.918 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.724 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 794 days ago · 1 km deep · 79 km away
  24. 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away
  25. 1.815 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  27. 1.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 1.818 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  29. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  30. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  31. 1.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 1.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  33. 2.415 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  34. 1.517 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 793 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  35. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 793 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  36. 1.918 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 1.518 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  38. 2.76 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 792 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 2
  39. 2.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 3.025 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 792 days ago · 2 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  42. 2.018 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  43. 2.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 791 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  44. 1.86 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 791 days ago · 3 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 3.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 791 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 10
  46. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 791 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  47. 1.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 789 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  48. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 789 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 789 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  50. 1.610 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 789 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away
  51. 1.927 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 788 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  52. 1.916 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 788 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 788 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  54. 2.16 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 787 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  55. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 786 days ago · 4 km deep · 78 km away
  56. 2.116 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 786 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  60. 1.68 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 785 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away

The first 60 of 109.

Before

  1. 2.117 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 795 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  2. 1.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.515 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  4. 1.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 13
  7. 1.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 2
  8. 1.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.215 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 4
  10. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 8
  11. 2.515 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 24
  12. 2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 26
  13. 2.217 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 54
  14. 1.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 28
  15. 2.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 92
  16. 1.614 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 5 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 5
  17. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 26
  18. 3.317 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 4 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 131
  19. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  20. 2.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024opyt. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.