Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas on Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 7:49 PM CST (01:49 UTC), 7 km (5 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
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-02-20 01:49:20 UTC
Depth
7.4 km (4.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.227° N, 102.014° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
3
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

3 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was III, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
80°
Stations used
14

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 130 in the 60 days after this one and 60 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.522 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.528 km SE of Midland, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  3. 1.523 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 946 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 946 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  6. 1.730 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 946 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  7. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 945 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  8. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 945 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 1.633 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 945 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  10. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 945 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 944 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.68 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 943 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  13. 1.610 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 941 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  14. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 940 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  15. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 939 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  16. 2.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.622 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 938 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.028 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  19. 2.127 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 938 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
  20. 2.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 938 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away · felt by 2
  21. 1.724 km E of Forsan, Texas · 938 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  22. 1.619 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 938 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  23. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 938 days ago · 6 km deep · 89 km away
  24. 1.712 km W of Forsan, Texas · 937 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  25. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 937 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  26. 2.323 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 937 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 2.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  28. 1.626 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 936 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  29. 2.023 km ENE of Forsan, Texas · 936 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away
  30. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
  31. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  32. 2.15 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  33. 2.56 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 936 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  34. 2.427 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 934 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.16 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 934 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  36. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 934 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  37. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 933 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  38. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 933 days ago · 3 km deep · 90 km away
  39. 1.635 km SE of Midland, Texas · 932 days ago · 12 km deep · 56 km away
  40. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 932 days ago · 11 km deep · 16 km away
  41. 1.533 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 932 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  42. 3.837 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 932 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 12
  43. 1.634 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 930 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 928 days ago · 8 km deep · 10 km away
  45. 1.923 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 927 days ago · 1 km deep · 90 km away
  46. 2.628 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 927 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away · felt by 1
  47. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 927 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away
  48. 1.836 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 926 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  49. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 925 days ago · 5 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 2.336 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 925 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
  51. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 925 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  52. 1.722 km W of Garden City, Texas · 924 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  53. 1.63 km S of Midland, Texas · 923 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 1.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 923 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 2.415 km N of Big Spring, Texas · 923 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  56. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 923 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  57. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 922 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  58. 1.735 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 922 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  59. 1.531 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 919 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 1.58 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 919 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away

The first 60 of 130.

Before

  1. 1.523 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 946 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 948 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  3. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 948 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  4. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  5. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 949 days ago · 2 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 1.82 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 949 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  7. 1.63 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 950 days ago · 8 km deep · 68 km away
  8. 1.95 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 950 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 1.76 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 950 days ago · 6 km deep · 92 km away
  10. 1.511 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 950 days ago · 7 km deep · 42 km away
  11. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  12. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 951 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  13. 1.523 km W of Garden City, Texas · 952 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.92 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 953 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.826 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 953 days ago · 9 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 954 days ago · 3 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 955 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  18. 3.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 8 km deep · 89 km away
  19. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 956 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  20. 2.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 956 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024dnmt (also filed as us7000m0a4). Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:14 AM UTC.