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M2.1 earthquake 17 km WSW of Rotan, Texas

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 17 km WSW of Rotan, Texas on Fri, Jul 26, 2024, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC), 1 km (1 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.5 13 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.1 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-07-26 21:57:56 UTC
Depth
1.1 km (0.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.818° N, 100.648° 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 1.6 km horizontally, 1.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
21

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 110 in the 60 days after this one and 110 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  2. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.918 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  4. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  7. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  8. 2.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 2.416 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  10. 2.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  13. 4.513 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 115
  14. 2.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  15. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 3
  16. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  17. 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.815 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  21. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  22. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  23. 2.918 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 4 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 1
  24. 1.724 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 799 days ago · 1 km deep · 85 km away
  25. 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  26. 1.815 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  27. 2.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  28. 1.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  29. 1.818 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  30. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  31. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  32. 1.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 799 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away
  33. 1.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 798 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away
  34. 2.415 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 798 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  35. 1.517 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  36. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.918 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  38. 1.518 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  39. 2.76 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 797 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 2
  40. 2.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  42. 3.025 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 796 days ago · 2 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 2
  43. 2.018 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  44. 2.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  45. 1.86 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 796 days ago · 3 km deep · 68 km away
  46. 3.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 10
  47. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  48. 1.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  49. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  51. 1.610 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 793 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  52. 1.927 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 793 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  53. 1.916 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 793 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 793 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  55. 2.16 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 792 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  56. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 790 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  57. 2.116 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 790 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 790 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  59. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 790 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  60. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 790 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 1.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.515 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  3. 1.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away
  4. 1.715 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  5. 2.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 13
  6. 1.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 2
  7. 1.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 6
  8. 2.215 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 4
  9. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 1 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 8
  10. 2.515 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 24
  11. 2.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 3 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 26
  12. 2.217 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 1 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 54
  13. 1.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away · felt by 28
  14. 2.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 92
  15. 1.614 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 5 km deep · 9 km away · felt by 5
  16. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 26
  17. 3.317 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 131
  18. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  19. 2.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away · felt by 1
  20. 3.015 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 8 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024opwq. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC.