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M2.0 earthquake 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 21 km NNW of Midland, Texas on Sat, Oct 5, 2024, 5:44 AM CDT (10:44 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.0 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-10-05 10:44:22 UTC
Depth
3.4 km (2.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.191° N, 102.125° 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 0.0 km horizontally, 1.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
68°
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: 96 in the 60 days after this one and 79 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 726 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 726 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  3. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 726 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.615 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 725 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 722 days ago · 4 km deep · 100 km away
  6. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 722 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  7. 1.727 km E of Forsan, Texas · 722 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  8. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  9. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.611 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 721 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  12. 1.62 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 720 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 1.82 km ESE of Gardendale, Texas · 720 days ago · 3 km deep · 30 km away
  14. 1.527 km NE of Crane, Texas · 720 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 719 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  16. 2.115 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 1
  17. 2.016 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 717 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  19. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 716 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 2.436 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 715 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  21. 1.68 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 715 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  22. 2.314 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 715 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  23. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  24. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  25. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 2
  26. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  27. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  28. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  29. 1.813 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 713 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  30. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 712 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  31. 1.928 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 711 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  32. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  33. 1.529 km SE of Midland, Texas · 710 days ago · 5 km deep · 48 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 710 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  35. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 19 km away
  36. 1.65 km SE of Midland, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  37. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  39. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 709 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 709 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  41. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 708 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  42. 1.516 km SE of Stanton, Texas · 708 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  43. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  44. 1.61 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 705 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  46. 2.415 km NE of Jal, New Mexico · 703 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  47. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 702 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  48. 1.99 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 702 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.911 km SSW of Forsan, Texas · 702 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  50. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 701 days ago · 6 km deep · 86 km away
  51. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 701 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  52. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 1.923 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 699 days ago · 7 km deep · 95 km away
  54. 1.723 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 699 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  55. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 698 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  56. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 698 days ago · 4 km deep · 99 km away
  57. 3.021 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 697 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 1
  58. 1.513 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 697 days ago · 4 km deep · 57 km away
  59. 2.216 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 696 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  60. 2.032 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away

The first 60 of 96.

Before

  1. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 727 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  2. 1.715 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 728 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  3. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 3.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.621 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 731 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
  6. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 731 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  7. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.736 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 733 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 734 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 5
  10. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 735 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 1.814 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 735 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  12. 3.214 km S of Eunice, New Mexico · 736 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  13. 2.223 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 736 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  14. 1.717 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 736 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  15. 2.223 km W of Garden City, Texas · 736 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  16. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.830 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 737 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 2.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 739 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.725 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 739 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  20. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 739 days ago · 8 km deep · 12 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024totc. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 10:20 PM UTC.