Texas earthquakes

M2.5 earthquake 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake struck 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas on Wed, Mar 20, 2024, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.4 21 km N of Stanton, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-03-20 18:08:14 UTC
Depth
9.0 km (5.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.141° N, 101.071° 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 I, not felt shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.7 km horizontally, 1.6 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.30
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
24

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 82 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.624 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 921 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.77 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 920 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away · felt by 34
  3. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 919 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  4. 3.019 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 918 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.519 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.619 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 918 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  7. 1.821 km N of Stanton, Texas · 918 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 2.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 918 days ago · 1 km deep · 0 km away
  9. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 917 days ago · 0 km deep · 2 km away
  10. 1.925 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 917 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  11. 1.823 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 916 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  12. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 916 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 1.828 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 914 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  14. 2.528 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 914 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.622 km W of Garden City, Texas · 913 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away
  16. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 912 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  17. 1.510 km W of Rotan, Texas · 912 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  18. 1.535 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 910 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  19. 1.716 km N of Snyder, Texas · 910 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 910 days ago · 9 km deep · 96 km away
  21. 2.126 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 910 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  22. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 910 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  23. 2.338 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 909 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  24. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 909 days ago · 8 km deep · 78 km away
  25. 1.918 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 909 days ago · 7 km deep · 82 km away
  26. 2.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 909 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  27. 1.68 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 908 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  28. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 907 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  29. 1.925 km W of Garden City, Texas · 907 days ago · 9 km deep · 70 km away
  30. 1.724 km W of Garden City, Texas · 907 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  31. 1.514 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 54 km away
  32. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 907 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  33. 1.825 km W of Garden City, Texas · 907 days ago · 9 km deep · 69 km away
  34. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 906 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  35. 1.916 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 905 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  36. 1.518 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 905 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  37. 1.916 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 905 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  38. 1.624 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 905 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  39. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 905 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  40. 1.625 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 904 days ago · 2 km deep · 2 km away
  41. 2.025 km W of Garden City, Texas · 903 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  42. 1.518 km N of Stanton, Texas · 902 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  43. 1.513 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 902 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  44. 1.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 902 days ago · 2 km deep · 1 km away
  45. 1.69 km W of Forsan, Texas · 901 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  46. 1.813 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 901 days ago · 5 km deep · 55 km away
  47. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 901 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.638 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 901 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  49. 4.421 km N of Stanton, Texas · 900 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 147
  50. 1.921 km N of Stanton, Texas · 900 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  51. 1.921 km N of Stanton, Texas · 900 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  52. 2.720 km N of Stanton, Texas · 900 days ago · 5 km deep · 73 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.810 km W of Forsan, Texas · 900 days ago · 10 km deep · 38 km away
  54. 2.321 km N of Stanton, Texas · 900 days ago · 4 km deep · 73 km away
  55. 2.37 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 899 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  56. 2.821 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 899 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  57. 1.617 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 897 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  58. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 897 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  59. 2.915 km N of Snyder, Texas · 896 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  60. 1.615 km N of Snyder, Texas · 896 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 126.

Before

  1. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 921 days ago · 4 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.515 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 922 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  3. 1.514 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 923 days ago · 5 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.58 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 923 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away
  5. 1.612 km N of Snyder, Texas · 924 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  6. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 926 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  7. 2.116 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.332 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 927 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  9. 2.415 km N of Big Spring, Texas · 927 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 1.621 km N of Stanton, Texas · 928 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  11. 1.63 km S of Midland, Texas · 928 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  12. 1.722 km W of Garden City, Texas · 928 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 2.232 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 929 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  14. 1.719 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 930 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
  15. 1.637 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 931 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  16. 2.628 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 931 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  17. 1.923 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 932 days ago · 1 km deep · 1 km away
  18. 2.219 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 933 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.815 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 934 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  20. 1.916 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 935 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024fpsq (also filed as us6000mk2j). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 7:03 PM UTC.