Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 19 km NW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Midland, Texas on Tue, Dec 17, 2024, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 35 km WSW of Ackerly, 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
2024-12-17 08:34:00 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.134° N, 102.207° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
86°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 100 in the 60 days after this one and 43 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.419 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 654 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.526 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 653 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  3. 1.729 km S of Stanton, Texas · 652 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  4. 2.229 km S of Stanton, Texas · 652 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  5. 1.61 km NW of Midland, Texas · 652 days ago · 8 km deep · 18 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 651 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.65 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 650 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 2.337 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 650 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 648 days ago · 6 km deep · 35 km away
  10. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 648 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 1.519 km SE of Midland, Texas · 646 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  12. 1.822 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 646 days ago · 9 km deep · 10 km away
  13. 1.837 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 646 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.618 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 645 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  15. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 645 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  16. 1.520 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 643 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  19. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 642 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  20. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 640 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 640 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  22. 1.910 km W of Forsan, Texas · 638 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 3.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 638 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 2
  24. 2.124 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 638 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  25. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 638 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 638 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  27. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.810 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.912 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 637 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  30. 1.734 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  31. 2.710 km W of Forsan, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 3
  32. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 636 days ago · 9 km deep · 83 km away
  33. 1.75 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 633 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  34. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  35. 1.911 km S of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 632 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  37. 1.717 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 629 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  38. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 629 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  39. 1.520 km NNE of Stanton, Texas · 627 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  40. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  41. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 626 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  42. 2.210 km W of Forsan, Texas · 626 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.815 km NE of Kermit, Texas · 625 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  44. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 625 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  45. 1.52 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 625 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  46. 1.739 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 625 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  47. 2.214 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 624 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 624 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.59 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 623 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  50. 1.69 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 623 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  51. 1.815 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 623 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  52. 1.55 km SE of Midland, Texas · 621 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  53. 2.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 619 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  54. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 619 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  55. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 619 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  56. 2.024 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 618 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  57. 1.515 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 615 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  58. 2.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 614 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  59. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 614 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  60. 1.726 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 611 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away

The first 60 of 100.

Before

  1. 2.019 km NW of Midland, Texas · 654 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.819 km NW of Midland, Texas · 654 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 2.020 km NW of Midland, Texas · 654 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 656 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.331 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 658 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  6. 1.521 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  7. 1.57 km SE of Midland, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.726 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  9. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 662 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.520 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 662 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  14. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  15. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 6
  16. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  17. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  18. 1.811 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 663 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 1.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 663 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024yryo. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 8:39 PM UTC.