Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 20 km NNW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 20 km NNW of Midland, Texas on Sun, Jul 14, 2024, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-07-14 14:35:22 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.163° N, 102.169° 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 1.2 km horizontally, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
85°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 101 in the 60 days after this one and 49 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.021 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 809 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  2. 1.922 km W of Garden City, Texas · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 2.233 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 809 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.620 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  5. 2.521 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 808 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.720 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 808 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 2.921 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 808 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  8. 2.121 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 808 days ago · 7 km deep · 18 km away
  9. 1.621 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away
  10. 1.914 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.314 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 807 days ago · 3 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 2.123 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 807 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  13. 2.016 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 805 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 1.534 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 805 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  15. 1.59 km E of Midland, Texas · 804 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 2.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.58 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 801 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.416 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 801 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  19. 2.034 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 801 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  20. 2.024 km S of Stanton, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  21. 1.619 km N of Stanton, Texas · 799 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  22. 1.79 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  23. 1.62 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 798 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  24. 2.211 km S of Forsan, Texas · 798 days ago · 2 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 1.78 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 3.215 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.520 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  28. 2.010 km S of Forsan, Texas · 794 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  29. 2.937 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 793 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  30. 2.418 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 793 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away
  31. 1.634 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 793 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  32. 2.711 km S of Forsan, Texas · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.622 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 793 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  34. 1.537 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 791 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  35. 1.68 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 787 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  36. 1.623 km E of Forsan, Texas · 787 days ago · 3 km deep · 99 km away
  37. 1.89 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 786 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  38. 2.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 786 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 2
  39. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 785 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 785 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  41. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 784 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  42. 1.77 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 784 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  43. 3.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 783 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 2
  44. 1.529 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 783 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  45. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 1.728 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 783 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  47. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  48. 2.127 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  49. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 783 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  50. 1.736 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 782 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  51. 1.729 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 779 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  52. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 778 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  53. 3.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 778 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 5
  54. 1.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 778 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  55. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 777 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  56. 1.930 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 776 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  57. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 776 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  58. 1.527 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 775 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  59. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 775 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  60. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 775 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away

The first 60 of 101.

Before

  1. 1.512 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 812 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  2. 2.326 km W of Garden City, Texas · 812 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.814 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 813 days ago · 7 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 1.521 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 814 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  5. 1.715 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 814 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  6. 1.914 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 814 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 1.527 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 814 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.914 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 815 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  9. 1.617 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 815 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  10. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 816 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  11. 2.414 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 818 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  12. 2.311 km N of Midland, Texas · 819 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 820 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  14. 1.620 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 820 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 1.935 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 820 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  16. 1.814 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 820 days ago · 9 km deep · 45 km away
  17. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 821 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  18. 2.11 km WNW of Midland, Texas · 821 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.938 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 821 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  20. 2.29 km W of Forsan, Texas · 821 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ntjz. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 11:05 PM UTC.