Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 20 km WNW of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 20 km WNW of Stanton, Texas on Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 10:30 PM CDT (03:30 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-07-17 03:30:21 UTC
Depth
8.8 km (5.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.217° N, 101.985° 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
±0.10
Station coverage gap
59°
Stations used
15

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 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.921 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 805 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.121 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 805 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.621 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 804 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 1.914 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 804 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  5. 1.820 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 804 days ago · 5 km deep · 82 km away
  6. 2.314 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 803 days ago · 3 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.123 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  8. 1.77 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 803 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  9. 2.424 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 803 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
  10. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 803 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.522 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.722 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  13. 3.66 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 802 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 6
  14. 1.96 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 802 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  15. 1.534 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 802 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.59 km E of Midland, Texas · 801 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  17. 1.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  18. 2.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 800 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 798 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 1
  20. 1.58 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 798 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  21. 2.416 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 798 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.034 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 798 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  23. 2.024 km S of Stanton, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  24. 1.619 km N of Stanton, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  25. 1.79 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 55 km away
  26. 1.62 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 795 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  27. 2.211 km S of Forsan, Texas · 795 days ago · 2 km deep · 61 km away
  28. 2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 794 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  29. 1.78 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 794 days ago · 7 km deep · 41 km away
  30. 1.724 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 794 days ago · 1 km deep · 87 km away
  31. 1.520 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 793 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  32. 2.76 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 792 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away · felt by 2
  33. 3.025 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 792 days ago · 2 km deep · 89 km away · felt by 2
  34. 1.86 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 791 days ago · 3 km deep · 87 km away
  35. 2.010 km S of Forsan, Texas · 791 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  36. 2.937 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 790 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away · felt by 1
  37. 1.634 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 790 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  38. 2.711 km S of Forsan, Texas · 790 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.622 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 789 days ago · 9 km deep · 14 km away
  40. 1.537 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 788 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  41. 1.927 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 788 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  42. 2.16 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 787 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  43. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 786 days ago · 4 km deep · 88 km away
  44. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  46. 2.024 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 785 days ago · 5 km deep · 86 km away
  47. 1.68 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 784 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  48. 1.623 km E of Forsan, Texas · 784 days ago · 3 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 784 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  50. 1.89 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 783 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  51. 2.634 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 783 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 2
  52. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 782 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 782 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  54. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 781 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.77 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 781 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  56. 3.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 780 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 2
  57. 1.529 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 780 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  58. 1.727 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 780 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  59. 1.728 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 780 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  60. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 780 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 2.521 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 805 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.620 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 2.233 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 806 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  4. 1.922 km W of Garden City, Texas · 806 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  5. 2.021 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 806 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.520 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 807 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 1.512 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 809 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
  8. 2.326 km W of Garden City, Texas · 809 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 1.814 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 810 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.521 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 811 days ago · 6 km deep · 18 km away
  11. 1.715 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 811 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  12. 1.914 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 811 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  13. 1.527 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 811 days ago · 5 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.914 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 812 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.617 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 812 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  16. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 813 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  17. 2.414 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 815 days ago · 11 km deep · 33 km away
  18. 2.311 km N of Midland, Texas · 815 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 817 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  20. 1.620 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 817 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024nyao. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:43 PM UTC.