Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 17 km NW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 17 km NW of Midland, Texas on Sun, Sep 1, 2024, 5:37 AM CDT (10:37 UTC), 6 km (4 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-01 10:37:25 UTC
Depth
5.9 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.108° N, 102.216° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
4
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

4 people 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 0.7 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
36°
Stations used
25

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 132 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 751 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.529 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  3. 2.028 km NE of Crane, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  4. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 750 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  5. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 750 days ago · 5 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 750 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  8. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  9. 1.528 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 2.421 km W of Gail, Texas · 748 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  13. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  14. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  16. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  17. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 744 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  20. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 743 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  21. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 743 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  23. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 742 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  24. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 3
  25. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  27. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  28. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  29. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  30. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  31. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  32. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.921 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  34. 1.58 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  35. 5.12024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 2,031
  36. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  38. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 190
  39. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 27
  40. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 9
  41. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 4
  42. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 7 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  43. 2.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 21
  44. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  45. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  48. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  49. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 735 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  51. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  52. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  54. 1.920 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 734 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  55. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  56. 3.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 733 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  59. 2.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  60. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 733 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 132.

Before

  1. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 754 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 755 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.335 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 758 days ago · 9 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 2.013 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 760 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  6. 2.035 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  7. 2.024 km W of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.712 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 760 days ago · 11 km deep · 66 km away
  9. 1.912 km W of Forsan, Texas · 760 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  10. 1.726 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 761 days ago · 11 km deep · 64 km away
  11. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 762 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  12. 3.328 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 762 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  13. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 11 km deep · 36 km away
  14. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 765 days ago · 10 km deep · 31 km away
  15. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  16. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 8 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 765 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  19. 1.527 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 6 km deep · 66 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024repx (also filed as us6000np1t). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 9:44 PM UTC.