Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 29 km SSE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 29 km SSE of Midland, Texas on Wed, Aug 14, 2024, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-08-14 22:37:22 UTC
Depth
7.5 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.764° N, 101.924° 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, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 135 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.633 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 773 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  2. 3.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 773 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 772 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  4. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 772 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 1.930 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 770 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 770 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.527 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 770 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 770 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  9. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 769 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  10. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 769 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  11. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 769 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  12. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 769 days ago · 10 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 2.125 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 768 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  14. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 768 days ago · 11 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 3.328 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.726 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 765 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.912 km W of Forsan, Texas · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  19. 1.712 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 764 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 2.024 km W of Garden City, Texas · 764 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 2.035 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  22. 2.013 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 763 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  23. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 762 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  24. 2.335 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 761 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  25. 1.525 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 761 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 759 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 757 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  28. 2.817 km NW of Midland, Texas · 756 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 4
  29. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 755 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 1.529 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 754 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  31. 2.028 km NE of Crane, Texas · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  32. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 754 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 754 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  34. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 754 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  35. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 754 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  36. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 753 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  37. 1.528 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 753 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 752 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  39. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 751 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  40. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  41. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  42. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  43. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 750 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  44. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 748 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  46. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  48. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  50. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 745 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  51. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 3
  52. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 745 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  56. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 78 km away
  57. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  58. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 743 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.921 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away

The first 60 of 135.

Before

  1. 1.736 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 777 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  2. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 777 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  3. 2.127 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 777 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  4. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 778 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.728 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 778 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 778 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.529 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 778 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 3.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 778 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.77 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 779 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 779 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  11. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 779 days ago · 10 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 780 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  13. 2.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 780 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2
  14. 1.89 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 781 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  15. 1.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 782 days ago · 4 km deep · 91 km away
  16. 1.623 km E of Forsan, Texas · 782 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.68 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 782 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 783 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 783 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  20. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 783 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away

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