Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 14 km ESE of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 14 km ESE of Stanton, Texas on Sun, May 12, 2024, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 26 km WNW of Robert Lee, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-05-12 15:42:52 UTC
Depth
10.4 km (6.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.091° N, 101.640° 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, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
67°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 105 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 868 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 868 days ago · 10 km deep · 51 km away
  3. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 868 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.616 km NW of Midland, Texas · 868 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 1.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 867 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  6. 1.715 km NW of Midland, Texas · 867 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  7. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 866 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  8. 1.920 km N of Stanton, Texas · 866 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  9. 1.614 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 865 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.920 km N of Stanton, Texas · 864 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  11. 1.839 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 861 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  12. 1.824 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 859 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  13. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 858 days ago · 6 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 2.84 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 857 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  15. 1.530 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 855 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  16. 3.021 km N of Stanton, Texas · 854 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  17. 1.611 km W of Forsan, Texas · 854 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  18. 1.626 km W of Garden City, Texas · 854 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.730 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 853 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 2.124 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 852 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  21. 1.713 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 850 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  22. 1.610 km W of Forsan, Texas · 849 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 2.532 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 849 days ago · 9 km deep · 56 km away
  24. 1.732 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 849 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  25. 2.218 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 848 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  26. 1.932 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 847 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away
  27. 1.539 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 846 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  28. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 846 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  29. 2.35 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 845 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  30. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 845 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  31. 1.713 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 843 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  32. 1.627 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 843 days ago · 3 km deep · 54 km away
  33. 2.240 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 841 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  34. 1.833 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 841 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  35. 1.837 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 841 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  36. 2.74 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 840 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  37. 2.419 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 840 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  38. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 840 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  39. 3.139 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 840 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away · felt by 2
  40. 1.723 km W of Garden City, Texas · 839 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.738 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 839 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  42. 2.338 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 839 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  43. 1.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 839 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  44. 1.86 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 838 days ago · 10 km deep · 63 km away
  45. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 838 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
  46. 1.613 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 837 days ago · 7 km deep · 11 km away
  47. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 837 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  48. 2.926 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 837 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  49. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 837 days ago · 8 km deep · 43 km away
  50. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 836 days ago · 6 km deep · 43 km away
  51. 1.838 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 835 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.98 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 835 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  53. 1.926 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 835 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
  54. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 833 days ago · 6 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 1.714 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 833 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  56. 1.619 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 832 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 831 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  58. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 831 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  59. 3.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 831 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 4
  60. 2.029 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 830 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away

The first 60 of 105.

Before

  1. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 868 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  2. 1.517 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  3. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 869 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
  4. 1.724 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 869 days ago · 12 km deep · 63 km away
  5. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 870 days ago · 5 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 870 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 872 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  8. 2.129 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 872 days ago · 6 km deep · 47 km away
  9. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 872 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  10. 1.538 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 872 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  11. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 873 days ago · 8 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 873 days ago · 10 km deep · 54 km away
  13. 1.65 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 874 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  14. 1.66 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas · 874 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
  15. 1.57 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 875 days ago · 12 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 875 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  17. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 876 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 2.66 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 876 days ago · 4 km deep · 41 km away
  19. 1.619 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 876 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  20. 1.516 km NW of Midland, Texas · 876 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024jijo. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 11:52 PM UTC.