Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas on Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 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
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-09-05 00:53:26 UTC
Depth
8.4 km (5.2 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.773° N, 101.926° 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
±0.10
Station coverage gap
61°
Stations used
24

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 54 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.510 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 754 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 753 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 2.035 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 753 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  4. 2.036 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 753 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  5. 2.136 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 752 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 752 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  7. 1.733 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 752 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  8. 1.79 km W of Forsan, Texas · 750 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  9. 1.930 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 749 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  10. 2.310 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 749 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  11. 2.131 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 748 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 2.230 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 10 km deep · 62 km away
  14. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 3
  15. 1.831 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 747 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 747 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  17. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  18. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  19. 1.930 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  20. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  21. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 746 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  22. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 745 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  23. 1.921 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 744 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  24. 1.58 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 743 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  25. 5.12024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake · 742 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 2,031
  26. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  27. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  28. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 190
  29. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 27
  30. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 9
  31. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 4
  32. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  33. 2.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 21
  34. 2.334 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  35. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 742 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  37. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  39. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 741 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  40. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  41. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  42. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 740 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  43. 2.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  44. 1.920 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 739 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  45. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 3.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 2
  47. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 739 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  48. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  49. 2.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 2.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.719 km NW of Midland, Texas · 738 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  52. 1.820 km NW of Midland, Texas · 738 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.518 km NW of Midland, Texas · 738 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  54. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 738 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  55. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  56. 1.520 km NW of Midland, Texas · 737 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  57. 2.323 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 737 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 2.622 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 2
  59. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 736 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 755 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.722 km N of Stanton, Texas · 756 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  3. 1.918 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 756 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 756 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  5. 2.15 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  6. 2.028 km NE of Crane, Texas · 756 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.529 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 756 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  8. 2.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 757 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.817 km NW of Midland, Texas · 758 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away · felt by 4
  10. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 759 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  11. 2.821 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 761 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.525 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 763 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 2.335 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 763 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 764 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  15. 2.013 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 765 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  16. 2.035 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 766 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  17. 2.024 km W of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  18. 1.712 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 766 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
  19. 1.912 km W of Forsan, Texas · 766 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  20. 1.726 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 767 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024rlen. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 12:05 PM UTC.