Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 5 km SE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 5 km SE of Midland, Texas on Sun, Jan 19, 2025, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.8 26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-01-19 08:34:08 UTC
Depth
8.6 km (5.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.955° N, 102.044° 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 0.4 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
84°
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: 119 in the 60 days after this one and 51 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 615 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  2. 1.933 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 615 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  3. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 615 days ago · 9 km deep · 50 km away
  4. 2.024 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 615 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  5. 1.515 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 612 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 2.514 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 611 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 611 days ago · 9 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.124 km E of Forsan, Texas · 610 days ago · 8 km deep · 90 km away
  9. 1.726 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 608 days ago · 9 km deep · 48 km away
  10. 1.723 km E of Forsan, Texas · 607 days ago · 3 km deep · 89 km away
  11. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 607 days ago · 7 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 2.025 km E of Forsan, Texas · 606 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away
  13. 2.134 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 606 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 1.615 km NW of Midland, Texas · 606 days ago · 8 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.321 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 604 days ago · 7 km deep · 17 km away
  16. 1.628 km E of Forsan, Texas · 604 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  17. 1.59 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 603 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  18. 2.137 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 603 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  19. 2.136 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 603 days ago · 8 km deep · 54 km away
  20. 1.511 km S of Forsan, Texas · 603 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  21. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 603 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  22. 1.831 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 603 days ago · 9 km deep · 54 km away
  23. 1.820 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 602 days ago · 8 km deep · 26 km away
  24. 1.89 km W of Forsan, Texas · 601 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  25. 1.515 km E of Stanton, Texas · 601 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 1.87 km WNW of Midland, Texas · 600 days ago · 4 km deep · 13 km away
  27. 1.527 km N of Rankin, Texas · 600 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away
  28. 1.522 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 599 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  29. 2.022 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 599 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  30. 1.928 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 599 days ago · 3 km deep · 57 km away
  31. 1.915 km E of Stanton, Texas · 599 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  32. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 598 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  33. 1.714 km E of Stanton, Texas · 598 days ago · 7 km deep · 43 km away
  34. 2.239 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 598 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  35. 1.836 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 598 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 1.539 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 598 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  37. 1.514 km E of Stanton, Texas · 597 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  38. 1.823 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 596 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  39. 1.728 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 596 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  40. 2.031 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 595 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  41. 1.82 km WSW of Odessa, Texas · 594 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away
  42. 1.636 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 593 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  43. 1.818 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 593 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  44. 1.817 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 593 days ago · 5 km deep · 64 km away
  45. 1.58 km NNE of West Odessa, Texas · 593 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  46. 1.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 593 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  47. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 592 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  48. 1.726 km S of Stanton, Texas · 592 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  49. 1.725 km W of Garden City, Texas · 591 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  50. 2.39 km NNE of West Odessa, Texas · 591 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 1
  51. 2.630 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 590 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 42
  52. 2.223 km W of Garden City, Texas · 590 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 10
  53. 1.823 km W of Garden City, Texas · 590 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  54. 1.811 km W of Forsan, Texas · 590 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  55. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 590 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away
  56. 1.619 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 589 days ago · 6 km deep · 25 km away
  57. 1.720 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 588 days ago · 7 km deep · 26 km away
  58. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 588 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
  59. 2.122 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 588 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.519 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 587 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away

The first 60 of 119.

Before

  1. 1.815 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 619 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  2. 1.69 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 620 days ago · 9 km deep · 6 km away
  3. 1.59 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 620 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  4. 1.714 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 621 days ago · 6 km deep · 79 km away
  5. 2.214 km NNW of Sand Springs, Texas · 621 days ago · 7 km deep · 79 km away
  6. 1.739 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 621 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  7. 1.52 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 622 days ago · 8 km deep · 52 km away
  8. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 622 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  9. 1.815 km NE of Kermit, Texas · 622 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
  10. 2.210 km W of Forsan, Texas · 622 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  11. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 623 days ago · 7 km deep · 32 km away
  12. 1.615 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 623 days ago · 7 km deep · 31 km away
  13. 1.520 km NNE of Stanton, Texas · 623 days ago · 7 km deep · 49 km away
  14. 1.510 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 625 days ago · 10 km deep · 66 km away
  15. 1.717 km SW of McKinney Acres, Texas · 625 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  16. 1.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 628 days ago · 3 km deep · 93 km away
  17. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 628 days ago · 8 km deep · 49 km away
  18. 1.911 km S of Forsan, Texas · 628 days ago · 9 km deep · 64 km away
  19. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 629 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
  20. 1.75 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas · 630 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025bhoa. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC.