Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 17 km NW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 17 km NW of Midland, Texas on Sun, May 12, 2024, 6:59 AM CDT (11:59 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-12 11:59:09 UTC
Depth
7.0 km (4.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.123° N, 102.194° 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
81°
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: 89 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 870 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 1.614 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 870 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 870 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  4. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  6. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  7. 1.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 1.715 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 868 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  10. 1.920 km N of Stanton, Texas · 868 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  11. 1.614 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 866 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  12. 1.920 km N of Stanton, Texas · 865 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 2.116 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 864 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  14. 1.839 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 862 days ago · 10 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 860 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  16. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 856 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 3.021 km N of Stanton, Texas · 856 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 855 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  19. 1.626 km W of Garden City, Texas · 855 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  20. 1.714 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 855 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  21. 1.730 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 855 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  22. 1.713 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 851 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  23. 1.610 km W of Forsan, Texas · 851 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  24. 2.532 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 851 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  25. 1.732 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 850 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  26. 2.218 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 850 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  27. 1.932 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 848 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  28. 1.539 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 847 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  29. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 846 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  30. 1.713 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 844 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 2.240 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 843 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  32. 1.833 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 843 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  33. 1.837 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 842 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  34. 2.419 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 841 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  35. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 841 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  36. 3.139 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 841 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away · felt by 2
  37. 1.723 km W of Garden City, Texas · 841 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  38. 1.738 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 841 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  39. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 841 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  40. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 840 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  41. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 840 days ago · 11 km deep · 34 km away
  42. 1.613 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 838 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  43. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 838 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  44. 2.926 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 838 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  45. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 838 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  46. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 838 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away
  47. 1.838 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 837 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  48. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 836 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  49. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 835 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  50. 1.714 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 834 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  51. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 833 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 833 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  53. 3.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 832 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 4
  54. 2.029 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 832 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  55. 1.734 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 831 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 1.533 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 830 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 830 days ago · 10 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 2.138 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 829 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  59. 1.56 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 828 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.522 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 827 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away

The first 60 of 89.

Before

  1. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 870 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.724 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 871 days ago · 12 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 871 days ago · 5 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 53 km away
  5. 2.129 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 873 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 873 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  7. 1.538 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 873 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 874 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.65 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 875 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.66 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 876 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  11. 1.57 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 877 days ago · 12 km deep · 25 km away
  12. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 877 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  13. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 877 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.66 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 877 days ago · 4 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.619 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 877 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  16. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 878 days ago · 8 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 879 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 2.314 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 879 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.525 km S of Stanton, Texas · 881 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 881 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024jicd. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.