Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 38 km SE of Odessa, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 38 km SE of Odessa, Texas on Tue, Dec 3, 2024, 11:59 AM CST (17:59 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.1 16 km NW of Stanton, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-03 17:59:04 UTC
Depth
6.1 km (3.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.638° N, 102.042° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, 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, 1.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
16

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 91 in the 60 days after this one and 26 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.222 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 662 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  2. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 661 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  3. 1.710 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 661 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 3.116 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 659 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 3
  5. 1.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 659 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  6. 2.235 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 658 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.919 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 658 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 657 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  10. 1.811 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  11. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  13. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 6
  14. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 2.520 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  18. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  19. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.726 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  21. 1.57 km SE of Midland, Texas · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  22. 1.521 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  23. 2.331 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 653 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 651 days ago · 3 km deep · 75 km away
  25. 2.020 km NW of Midland, Texas · 649 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  26. 1.819 km NW of Midland, Texas · 649 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  27. 2.019 km NW of Midland, Texas · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  28. 1.519 km NW of Midland, Texas · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  29. 2.419 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 648 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  30. 1.526 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 648 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  31. 1.68 km NNE of Coyanosa, Texas · 647 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  32. 1.68 km NNE of Coyanosa, Texas · 647 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  33. 1.729 km S of Stanton, Texas · 647 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.229 km S of Stanton, Texas · 646 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  35. 1.61 km NW of Midland, Texas · 646 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 645 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  37. 1.65 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 645 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  38. 2.337 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 644 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  39. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 643 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  40. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 643 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  41. 1.519 km SE of Midland, Texas · 641 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.822 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 641 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.837 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 641 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 1.618 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 639 days ago · 6 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 639 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  46. 1.520 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 639 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 639 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  48. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 638 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  49. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 637 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  50. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 1.910 km W of Forsan, Texas · 633 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  53. 3.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  54. 2.124 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 633 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  55. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  56. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 633 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  57. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.810 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 1.912 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 632 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  60. 1.734 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 632 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away

The first 60 of 91.

Before

  1. 2.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 664 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  2. 1.630 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 664 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  3. 1.840 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 665 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  4. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 665 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  5. 1.625 km NE of Crane, Texas · 666 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  6. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 671 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  7. 1.65 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 672 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.55 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 672 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 1.512 km S of Forsan, Texas · 676 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  10. 2.433 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 676 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 1.838 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 676 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.620 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 677 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  13. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 677 days ago · 9 km deep · 85 km away
  14. 2.07 km SE of Midland, Texas · 678 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  15. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 680 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  16. 2.716 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 681 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  17. 1.836 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 681 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 1.67 km WNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 682 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 683 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  20. 1.920 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 684 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024xtcd. Read Sat, Sep 26, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC.