Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 19 km N of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 19 km N of Stanton, Texas on Wed, Jan 24, 2024, 6:01 AM CST (12:01 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-24 12:01:17 UTC
Depth
6.4 km (4.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.303° N, 101.783° 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 III, 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
38°
Stations used
26

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 126 in the 60 days after this one and 63 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.811 km S of Forsan, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  4. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 71 km away
  5. 1.721 km SE of Midland, Texas · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 975 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 974 days ago · 9 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 971 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  11. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 970 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  12. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 970 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  13. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 969 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  14. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 968 days ago · 9 km deep · 35 km away
  15. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  16. 2.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 968 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 968 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 968 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.712 km NE of Coahoma, Texas · 968 days ago · 4 km deep · 53 km away
  20. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 967 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  21. 2.117 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 967 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 967 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  23. 1.917 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 966 days ago · 5 km deep · 14 km away
  24. 1.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 966 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  25. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 965 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  26. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 964 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  27. 1.521 km N of Stanton, Texas · 964 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  28. 2.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  29. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 962 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  30. 2.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 962 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  32. 3.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 962 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  33. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 961 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  34. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 959 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  35. 1.826 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 959 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  36. 1.92 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 959 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.615 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 958 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  38. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 958 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  39. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 957 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  40. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 956 days ago · 6 km deep · 19 km away
  41. 1.511 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 956 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  43. 1.95 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 1 km deep · 71 km away
  44. 1.63 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 956 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  45. 2.114 km N of Snyder, Texas · 955 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
  46. 1.82 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 955 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  47. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 955 days ago · 2 km deep · 71 km away
  48. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 954 days ago · 4 km deep · 69 km away
  49. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 954 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  50. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 954 days ago · 3 km deep · 69 km away
  51. 1.523 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 952 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  52. 2.823 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 952 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 3
  53. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 952 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  54. 1.528 km SE of Midland, Texas · 952 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  55. 1.523 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 952 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  57. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  58. 1.730 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  59. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 8 km deep · 25 km away
  60. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 1.719 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 979 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  2. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  3. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.432 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 11 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  6. 3.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 3.433 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  8. 1.519 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  10. 2.132 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  11. 1.713 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 982 days ago · 3 km deep · 13 km away
  12. 2.319 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 982 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 2.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  14. 1.713 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 983 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  15. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 983 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  16. 2.221 km W of Garden City, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  17. 1.523 km NNE of Gardendale, Texas · 984 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.423 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.96 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 70 km away
  20. 1.918 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024bqyj. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 5:09 PM UTC.