Texas earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas on Sun, Mar 10, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 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
2.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-03-10 08:45:06 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.773° N, 101.935° 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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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
58°
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: 128 in the 60 days after this one and 61 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 934 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  2. 1.836 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 934 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 933 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  4. 2.336 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 933 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  5. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 932 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  6. 1.722 km W of Garden City, Texas · 931 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  7. 1.63 km S of Midland, Texas · 931 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 931 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  9. 2.415 km N of Big Spring, Texas · 930 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  10. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 930 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  11. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 929 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 929 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  13. 1.531 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 927 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away
  14. 1.58 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 926 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  15. 1.514 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 926 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  16. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 924 days ago · 4 km deep · 59 km away
  17. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 924 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.624 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 924 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  19. 2.77 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 923 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 34
  20. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 922 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 922 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.519 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 922 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 922 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  24. 1.821 km N of Stanton, Texas · 921 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  25. 2.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 921 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  26. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 921 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
  27. 1.925 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 920 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  28. 1.536 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 920 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  29. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 919 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  30. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 919 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
  31. 2.418 km NNW of Goldsmith, Texas · 917 days ago · 4 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.625 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 917 days ago · 11 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 917 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.714 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 917 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  35. 2.528 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 917 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.622 km W of Garden City, Texas · 916 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  37. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 915 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  38. 1.535 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 914 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  39. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 913 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  40. 2.126 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 913 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  41. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 913 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  42. 2.338 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 912 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away
  43. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 912 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  44. 2.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 912 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  45. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 910 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  46. 1.724 km W of Garden City, Texas · 910 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 910 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  48. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 910 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  49. 1.72 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 910 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  50. 1.825 km W of Garden City, Texas · 910 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  51. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 910 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 1.539 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 909 days ago · 5 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 1.916 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 908 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  54. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 908 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.916 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 908 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.624 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 908 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  57. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 908 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  58. 1.625 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 908 days ago · 2 km deep · 92 km away
  59. 2.025 km W of Garden City, Texas · 906 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.836 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 906 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away

The first 60 of 128.

Before

  1. 1.923 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 935 days ago · 1 km deep · 92 km away
  2. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 936 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 1.634 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 938 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  4. 3.837 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 940 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 12
  5. 1.533 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 940 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  6. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 940 days ago · 11 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.635 km SE of Midland, Texas · 940 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 940 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 941 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  10. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 941 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  11. 2.427 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 942 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.023 km ENE of Forsan, Texas · 944 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  13. 1.626 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 944 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  14. 2.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 944 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away
  15. 2.323 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 945 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 945 days ago · 3 km deep · 92 km away
  17. 1.712 km W of Forsan, Texas · 945 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  18. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 945 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  19. 1.619 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 945 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  20. 1.724 km E of Forsan, Texas · 946 days ago · 3 km deep · 88 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ewtc (also filed as us7000m4iq). Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 9:12 PM UTC.