Texas earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 6 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas on Fri, Jul 19, 2024, 6:21 AM CDT (11:21 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.1 2024 North of Tarzan, Texas Earthquake. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
2024-07-19 11:21:20 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.330° N, 101.077° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
6
Strongest shaking
IV, light shaking
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Shaking

The USGS ShakeMap: shaking estimated from seismic stations and the quake’s size, on the Modified Mercalli intensity scale.

Strongest estimated
IV, light shaking
Peak ground acceleration
2.4% of gravity
Peak ground velocity
0.5 cm/s
Map
Automatic
USGS ShakeMap: estimated shaking intensity around the epicenter
Estimated shaking intensity. Map: USGS ShakeMap.

Did you feel it?

6 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was IV, light shaking.

Did You Feel It? map: shaking reported by the public
Shaking reported by the public, by area. Map: USGS Did You Feel It?

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
3.6 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 77°, dip 24°, rake -71°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 237°, dip 67°, rake -98°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.6 km horizontally, 1.5 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
44°
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: at least 200 in the 60 days after this one and 62 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.96 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 800 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.618 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 800 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  3. 1.59 km E of Midland, Texas · 799 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  4. 1.623 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 799 days ago · 5 km deep · 20 km away
  5. 2.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 798 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away
  6. 4.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away · felt by 1,959
  7. 2.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  8. 4.416 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 81
  9. 2.118 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  10. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  11. 1.717 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.918 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.518 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  15. 3.115 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 10
  16. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  17. 1.916 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  18. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.016 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 1 km deep · 62 km away
  20. 2.316 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  21. 2.018 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  23. 1.718 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 2 km deep · 63 km away
  24. 1.515 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  25. 1.919 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  26. 1.618 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 797 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  27. 2.118 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  28. 1.817 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  29. 1.719 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  30. 1.619 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 797 days ago · 4 km deep · 64 km away
  31. 1.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  32. 2.018 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  33. 3.018 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 4
  34. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 2.224 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 796 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 1
  36. 1.618 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away · felt by 6
  37. 2.118 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 3
  38. 1.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  40. 2.416 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 796 days ago · 6 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  41. 2.018 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  42. 2.418 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  43. 1.816 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  44. 1.917 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  45. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  46. 2.017 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 796 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 2.418 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  48. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  49. 3.115 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 3
  50. 2.316 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  51. 1.817 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  52. 3.417 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  53. 1.817 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 3 km deep · 62 km away
  54. 2.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 5 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  55. 1.816 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  56. 3.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away · felt by 1
  57. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  58. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 5 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 5 km deep · 62 km away
  60. 4.016 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 795 days ago · 3 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 27

The first 60 of at least 200.

Before

  1. 1.722 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  2. 2.522 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away
  3. 2.124 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  4. 2.424 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  5. 1.77 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 801 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  6. 2.123 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 801 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  7. 2.314 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 802 days ago · 3 km deep · 9 km away
  8. 1.820 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 802 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  9. 1.914 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 802 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 1.621 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 802 days ago · 8 km deep · 86 km away
  11. 2.121 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 803 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away
  12. 2.921 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 803 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  13. 1.720 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 803 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  14. 2.521 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 803 days ago · 7 km deep · 87 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.922 km W of Garden City, Texas · 804 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  16. 2.021 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 804 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  17. 1.512 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 807 days ago · 8 km deep · 46 km away
  18. 2.326 km W of Garden City, Texas · 807 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 2.217 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 807 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  20. 1.814 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 808 days ago · 7 km deep · 8 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024ochc (also filed as us7000n08k). Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 9:51 PM UTC.