Texas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 20 km NW of Stanton, Texas on Sun, Dec 8, 2024, 4:11 PM CST (22:11 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.0 35 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-12-08 22:11:21 UTC
Depth
8.3 km (5.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.259° N, 101.937° 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 II, 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.4 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
33°
Stations used
45

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 117 in the 60 days after this one and 58 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 659 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  2. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 659 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  3. 1.726 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 658 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 1.57 km SE of Midland, Texas · 658 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  5. 1.521 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 658 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  6. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 657 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  7. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 657 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  8. 2.331 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 655 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  9. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 654 days ago · 3 km deep · 60 km away
  10. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 653 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  11. 2.414 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 652 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  12. 2.020 km NW of Midland, Texas · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.819 km NW of Midland, Texas · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  14. 1.714 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 652 days ago · 7 km deep · 74 km away
  15. 2.019 km NW of Midland, Texas · 651 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 1.519 km NW of Midland, Texas · 651 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 2.419 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 651 days ago · 6 km deep · 30 km away
  18. 1.526 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 651 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away
  19. 1.729 km S of Stanton, Texas · 649 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 2.229 km S of Stanton, Texas · 649 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 1.61 km NW of Midland, Texas · 649 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  22. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 649 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  23. 1.925 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 649 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  24. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  25. 1.736 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  26. 1.85 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 648 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  27. 1.823 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 648 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away
  28. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 648 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.65 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 647 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  30. 2.337 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 647 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  31. 1.624 km E of Forsan, Texas · 646 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  32. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 646 days ago · 6 km deep · 17 km away
  33. 1.733 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 646 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  34. 2.224 km E of Forsan, Texas · 646 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 1.519 km SE of Midland, Texas · 644 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  36. 1.822 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 644 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  37. 1.837 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 644 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  38. 1.618 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 642 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  39. 1.534 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 642 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  40. 1.520 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 642 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 642 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  42. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 641 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 2.017 km NW of Midland, Texas · 640 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  44. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 639 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  45. 1.523 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 638 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  46. 1.618 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  47. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 46 km away
  48. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 637 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  49. 1.910 km W of Forsan, Texas · 636 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  50. 3.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 636 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 2
  51. 2.124 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 636 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  52. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 635 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 635 days ago · 8 km deep · 20 km away
  54. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 635 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  55. 1.810 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 635 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  56. 1.912 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 635 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  57. 1.734 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 2.710 km W of Forsan, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away · felt by 3
  59. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 634 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 1.75 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 630 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 117.

Before

  1. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 659 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  4. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 6
  5. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away
  7. 1.811 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 1.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 660 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.919 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 660 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 2.235 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 660 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  12. 1.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 662 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  13. 3.116 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 662 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  14. 1.522 km E of Forsan, Texas · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  15. 1.710 km ENE of Stanton, Texas · 663 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  16. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 664 days ago · 9 km deep · 53 km away
  17. 2.222 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 664 days ago · 8 km deep · 17 km away
  18. 1.638 km SE of Odessa, Texas · 665 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 666 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 666 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ycnz (also filed as us7000nx54). Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 9:23 AM UTC.