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M1.7 earthquake 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 5 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas on Sun, Oct 20, 2024, 1:23 PM CDT (18:23 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2024-10-20 18:23:54 UTC
Depth
5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.335° N, 101.072° 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 0.8 km horizontally, 1.9 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
45°
Stations used
20

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 129 in the 60 days after this one and 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 714 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  2. 1.529 km SE of Midland, Texas · 714 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 714 days ago · 7 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 1.720 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 713 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 2.135 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 713 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  7. 1.512 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 713 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  8. 2.223 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 712 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  9. 2.524 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 712 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.523 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 712 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  11. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 712 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  12. 1.625 km E of Forsan, Texas · 711 days ago · 6 km deep · 23 km away
  13. 1.516 km SE of Stanton, Texas · 711 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
  14. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 710 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  15. 2.915 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.56 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 708 days ago · 7 km deep · 6 km away
  17. 1.68 km SE of Midland, Texas · 708 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  18. 1.917 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 708 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
  19. 2.213 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 707 days ago · 4 km deep · 68 km away
  20. 1.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 706 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  21. 1.615 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 706 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
  22. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 706 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  23. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away
  24. 2.117 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 705 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  25. 1.99 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.911 km SSW of Forsan, Texas · 705 days ago · 9 km deep · 47 km away
  27. 1.58 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 705 days ago · 6 km deep · 14 km away
  28. 1.716 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 705 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.723 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  30. 2.517 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 704 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 2
  31. 1.714 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 58 km away
  32. 1.617 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 704 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  33. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  34. 1.923 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 703 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  35. 1.723 km SE of Coahoma, Texas · 703 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  36. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 702 days ago · 3 km deep · 21 km away
  37. 1.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 702 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  38. 1.724 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 701 days ago · 4 km deep · 21 km away
  39. 3.021 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 701 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  40. 1.619 km N of Snyder, Texas · 700 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  41. 1.513 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 700 days ago · 4 km deep · 65 km away
  42. 1.519 km N of Snyder, Texas · 700 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
  43. 2.216 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 700 days ago · 7 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 2.032 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 699 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  45. 2.15 km W of Rotan, Texas · 699 days ago · 4 km deep · 77 km away
  46. 2.015 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 698 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  47. 1.915 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 698 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  48. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 697 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  49. 1.62 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 1
  50. 2.023 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 696 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  51. 1.615 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 694 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  52. 1.924 km E of Forsan, Texas · 694 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  53. 1.524 km E of Forsan, Texas · 693 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  54. 2.333 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 693 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  55. 1.616 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 693 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  56. 1.920 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 693 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  57. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 692 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  58. 2.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 691 days ago · 8 km deep · 62 km away
  59. 2.424 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 691 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  60. 1.67 km WNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 691 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 1

The first 60 of 129.

Before

  1. 1.928 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 715 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  2. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 715 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  3. 1.96 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 716 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  4. 1.813 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 716 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  5. 1.934 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 716 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  6. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 717 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away
  7. 3.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 717 days ago · 6 km deep · 93 km away
  8. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 717 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 2
  9. 1.734 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 717 days ago · 8 km deep · 93 km away
  10. 1.717 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 717 days ago · 7 km deep · 62 km away
  11. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 717 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  12. 2.314 km S of Ackerly, Texas · 718 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
  13. 2.436 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 719 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  14. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 719 days ago · 9 km deep · 94 km away
  15. 1.710 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 721 days ago · 5 km deep · 43 km away
  16. 2.226 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 722 days ago · 9 km deep · 91 km away
  17. 2.216 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 722 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  18. 1.611 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 724 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  20. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 724 days ago · 9 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2024uqsv. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC.