Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 24 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas on Wed, Oct 9, 2024, 6:21 PM CDT (23:21 UTC), 4 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
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2024-10-09 23:21:21 UTC
Depth
3.9 km (2.4 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.140° N, 101.069° 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, 2.0 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
56°
Stations used
22

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 141 in the 60 days after this one and 88 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.037 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 717 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  2. 1.727 km E of Forsan, Texas · 717 days ago · 8 km deep · 4 km away
  3. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 716 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  4. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 716 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 1
  5. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 716 days ago · 8 km deep · 96 km away
  6. 1.611 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 716 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  7. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 714 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  8. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 714 days ago · 9 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 713 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  10. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 9 km deep · 98 km away
  11. 2.436 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 711 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 2.314 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 710 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  14. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  15. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  16. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 2
  17. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 709 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  19. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 708 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  20. 1.813 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  21. 1.96 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  22. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 707 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  23. 1.928 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 707 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  24. 1.75 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas · 707 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  25. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 706 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.529 km SE of Midland, Texas · 706 days ago · 5 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  27. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  28. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  29. 1.65 km SE of Midland, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  30. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  31. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away
  32. 1.512 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  33. 2.223 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 704 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  34. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  35. 1.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 704 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  37. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 703 days ago · 6 km deep · 3 km away
  38. 1.516 km SE of Stanton, Texas · 703 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  39. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 702 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  40. 2.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.56 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
  42. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 700 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  43. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 699 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  44. 2.213 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 699 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  45. 1.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 698 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  46. 1.615 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 698 days ago · 5 km deep · 78 km away
  47. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 698 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  48. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 697 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  49. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 697 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  50. 1.99 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 697 days ago · 7 km deep · 68 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.911 km SSW of Forsan, Texas · 697 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  52. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 697 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  53. 1.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 696 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  54. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  55. 2.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 696 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.714 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  57. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  58. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 695 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  59. 1.923 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 695 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
  60. 1.723 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 695 days ago · 8 km deep · 5 km away

The first 60 of 141.

Before

  1. 2.116 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  2. 1.622 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 718 days ago · 3 km deep · 2 km away
  3. 2.323 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 718 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  4. 2.015 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 719 days ago · 5 km deep · 83 km away
  5. 1.723 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 719 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away
  6. 2.114 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 719 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  7. 1.714 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  8. 2.014 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 720 days ago · 8 km deep · 76 km away
  9. 1.615 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 720 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  10. 1.735 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  11. 1.935 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  12. 1.824 km W of Garden City, Texas · 721 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.614 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 721 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  14. 2.021 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 722 days ago · 3 km deep · 100 km away
  15. 2.123 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 723 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  16. 1.715 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  17. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  18. 3.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 7 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
  19. 1.621 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 726 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
  20. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 726 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024txac. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 6:51 AM UTC.