Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 13 km ESE of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 13 km ESE of Stanton, Texas on Tue, Apr 16, 2024, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.5 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-04-17 01:53:12 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.094° N, 101.650° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
81°
Stations used
23

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 64 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 897 days ago · 8 km deep · 47 km away
  2. 1.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 897 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  3. 2.637 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 896 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  4. 1.938 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 896 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 1.69 km W of Forsan, Texas · 894 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 2.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 894 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  7. 1.625 km W of Garden City, Texas · 894 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 894 days ago · 3 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.534 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 894 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
  10. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 893 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 1.628 km W of Garden City, Texas · 892 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  12. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 891 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  13. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 890 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  15. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 889 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  16. 1.528 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 889 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 1.628 km W of Garden City, Texas · 888 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.619 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 887 days ago · 5 km deep · 54 km away
  19. 1.528 km W of Garden City, Texas · 886 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  20. 1.613 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 886 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  21. 2.614 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 885 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 885 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  23. 1.712 km W of Forsan, Texas · 885 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  24. 1.832 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 884 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  25. 3.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 884 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  26. 3.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 884 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  27. 2.132 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 884 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  28. 2.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 884 days ago · 4 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.325 km W of Garden City, Texas · 884 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 884 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  31. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 883 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  32. 1.525 km S of Stanton, Texas · 883 days ago · 6 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 2.314 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 882 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 881 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  35. 1.823 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 881 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  36. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 881 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  37. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 880 days ago · 8 km deep · 53 km away
  38. 1.619 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 880 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  39. 2.66 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 879 days ago · 4 km deep · 40 km away
  40. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 879 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  41. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 879 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  42. 1.57 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 879 days ago · 12 km deep · 40 km away
  43. 1.66 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 878 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.65 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 877 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 877 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  46. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 876 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 1.538 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 876 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 876 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  49. 2.129 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 875 days ago · 6 km deep · 46 km away
  50. 1.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 875 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  51. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 874 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  52. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 873 days ago · 5 km deep · 1 km away
  53. 1.724 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 873 days ago · 12 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.517 km NW of Midland, Texas · 872 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  56. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 872 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  57. 1.614 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 1 km away
  58. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 872 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 872 days ago · 10 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away

The first 60 of 110.

Before

  1. 1.617 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 901 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  2. 2.821 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 903 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 2.321 km N of Stanton, Texas · 904 days ago · 4 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.810 km W of Forsan, Texas · 904 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  5. 2.720 km N of Stanton, Texas · 904 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.921 km N of Stanton, Texas · 904 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 1.921 km N of Stanton, Texas · 904 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 4.421 km N of Stanton, Texas · 904 days ago · 5 km deep · 30 km away · felt by 147
  9. 1.638 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 905 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  10. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 905 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  11. 1.813 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 905 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  12. 1.69 km W of Forsan, Texas · 905 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  13. 1.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 905 days ago · 2 km deep · 55 km away
  14. 1.513 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 905 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  15. 1.518 km N of Stanton, Texas · 905 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 1.53 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 906 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  17. 1.73 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 907 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  18. 1.836 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
  19. 2.025 km W of Garden City, Texas · 907 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  20. 1.625 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 908 days ago · 2 km deep · 56 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024hnqo. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 12:47 PM UTC.