Texas earthquakes

M2.8 earthquake 25 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake struck 25 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas on Wed, Jan 17, 2024, 8:36 AM CST (14:36 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-01-17 14:36:49 UTC
Depth
5.3 km (3.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.138° N, 101.090° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
2
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.2 km horizontally, 2.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
68°
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: 175 in the 60 days after this one and 65 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.011 km W of Forsan, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  2. 2.16 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 985 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 2.615 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 2.715 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 985 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  5. 1.616 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 985 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  6. 1.716 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 984 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  7. 2.231 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 984 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 1.918 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 984 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  9. 2.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.316 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  12. 2.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  13. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  14. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  15. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  16. 1.96 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 4 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 2.423 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 984 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  18. 1.715 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 984 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  19. 2.221 km W of Garden City, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 66 km away
  20. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 983 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  21. 1.713 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 983 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  22. 2.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 2.114 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 983 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  24. 1.614 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 982 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  25. 2.314 km ENE of Hermleigh, Texas · 982 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  26. 2.319 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 982 days ago · 10 km deep · 81 km away
  27. 1.713 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 982 days ago · 3 km deep · 72 km away
  28. 2.132 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  29. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 1.519 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  31. 3.433 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  32. 3.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 981 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  33. 2.033 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 2.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  35. 2.432 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 11 km deep · 94 km away
  36. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 980 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
  37. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  38. 1.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 980 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  39. 2.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 980 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  40. 1.719 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 979 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 1.719 km N of Stanton, Texas · 978 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  42. 1.527 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 1 km deep · 4 km away
  43. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 1.811 km S of Forsan, Texas · 978 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  45. 1.725 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 978 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 1.721 km SE of Midland, Texas · 976 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  47. 2.732 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 976 days ago · 6 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 975 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  49. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 975 days ago · 6 km deep · 2 km away
  50. 2.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 974 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  51. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 973 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 2.425 km N of Snyder, Texas · 972 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
  53. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 971 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  54. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 971 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  55. 1.66 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 970 days ago · 9 km deep · 19 km away
  56. 1.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 970 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  57. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 969 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 1.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 968 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  60. 2.632 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 968 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away

The first 60 of 175.

Before

  1. 1.613 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 986 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.932 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 986 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.725 km W of Garden City, Texas · 986 days ago · 9 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 2.424 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 986 days ago · 1 km deep · 2 km away
  5. 1.825 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 986 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  6. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 987 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.525 km E of Forsan, Texas · 988 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  8. 1.726 km E of Forsan, Texas · 988 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  9. 1.723 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 988 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  10. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 988 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  11. 1.832 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 989 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 1.722 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 990 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  13. 2.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 991 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.626 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 991 days ago · 3 km deep · 3 km away
  15. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 992 days ago · 3 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 994 days ago · 1 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 2.116 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 995 days ago · 5 km deep · 58 km away
  18. 1.623 km N of Snyder, Texas · 995 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  19. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 995 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 995 days ago · 13 km deep · 94 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024beiz (also filed as us6000m47r). Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 6:48 PM UTC.