Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 22 km S of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 22 km S of Westbrook, Texas on Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 7:56 AM CDT (12:56 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-09 12:56:40 UTC
Depth
3.1 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.152° N, 101.047° 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 0.9 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
70°
Stations used
18

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 127 in the 60 days after this one and 80 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.116 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  2. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 720 days ago · 4 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  4. 1.727 km E of Forsan, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  5. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 719 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  6. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 719 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 719 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  8. 1.611 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 719 days ago · 9 km deep · 32 km away
  9. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 717 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  10. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 717 days ago · 9 km deep · 79 km away
  11. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 716 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  12. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 714 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 2.314 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  14. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 712 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  16. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  19. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.813 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 711 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  21. 1.96 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 710 days ago · 7 km deep · 90 km away
  22. 1.928 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 1.75 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 709 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  24. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 1
  25. 1.529 km SE of Midland, Texas · 708 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  27. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  28. 1.65 km SE of Midland, Texas · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  29. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  30. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  31. 1.512 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 707 days ago · 6 km deep · 85 km away
  32. 2.223 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 707 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  33. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away · felt by 1
  34. 1.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 707 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  35. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 706 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  36. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 706 days ago · 6 km deep · 6 km away
  37. 1.516 km SE of Stanton, Texas · 706 days ago · 9 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  39. 2.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.56 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  41. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 703 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  42. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 702 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away
  43. 2.213 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 702 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  44. 1.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 701 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  45. 1.615 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 701 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  46. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  47. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 700 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  48. 1.99 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away · felt by 1
  49. 1.911 km SSW of Forsan, Texas · 700 days ago · 9 km deep · 36 km away
  50. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 700 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  51. 1.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 699 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 699 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  53. 2.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 699 days ago · 6 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 2
  54. 1.714 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 699 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  55. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 698 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  56. 1.923 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 698 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  57. 1.723 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 697 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  58. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 696 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  59. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 696 days ago · 5 km deep · 66 km away
  60. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 696 days ago · 4 km deep · 3 km away

The first 60 of 127.

Before

  1. 2.323 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  2. 2.015 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 721 days ago · 5 km deep · 81 km away
  3. 1.723 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 722 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.114 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 722 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  5. 1.714 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 723 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 2.014 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 723 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.615 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 723 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  8. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 1.614 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away
  10. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 725 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  11. 1.715 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 726 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  12. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 727 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  13. 3.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 727 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away · felt by 1
  14. 1.621 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 729 days ago · 6 km deep · 73 km away
  15. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 729 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  16. 2.017 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 729 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  17. 2.314 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 729 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  18. 1.628 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 729 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  19. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 731 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  20. 3.333 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 732 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 5

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024twfn. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 2:31 AM UTC.