Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas on Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 12:46 AM CST (06:46 UTC), 8 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-02-27 06:46:43 UTC
Depth
8.1 km (5.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.781° N, 101.993° W
Region
Texas
Felt reports
1
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

1 person reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was II, weak shaking.

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How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 0.5 km horizontally, 1.2 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
83°
Stations used
17

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 120 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.537 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 572 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  2. 4.826 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 964
  3. 2.325 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 8 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 278
  4. 1.626 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 12
  5. 1.825 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 3
  6. 2.617 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 75 km away · felt by 4
  7. 1.520 km SE of Midland, Texas · 571 days ago · 6 km deep · 13 km away
  8. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 569 days ago · 6 km deep · 70 km away
  9. 1.625 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 569 days ago · 7 km deep · 66 km away · felt by 1
  10. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 568 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  11. 1.520 km WSW of Garden City, Texas · 568 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.519 km ENE of Garden City, Texas · 568 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  13. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 567 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
  14. 1.931 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 566 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  15. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 566 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  16. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 565 days ago · 7 km deep · 70 km away
  17. 1.611 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 565 days ago · 6 km deep · 37 km away
  18. 1.710 km SE of Midland, Texas · 564 days ago · 9 km deep · 17 km away
  19. 1.525 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 563 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  20. 1.912 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 563 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  21. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 560 days ago · 7 km deep · 64 km away
  22. 1.56 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 560 days ago · 8 km deep · 85 km away
  23. 2.019 km NW of Midland, Texas · 559 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  24. 2.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 559 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  25. 2.420 km NW of Midland, Texas · 559 days ago · 6 km deep · 45 km away
  26. 1.520 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 558 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  27. 2.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 558 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  28. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 558 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  29. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 558 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  30. 2.222 km W of Garden City, Texas · 558 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  31. 2.038 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 557 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  32. 2.638 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 556 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  33. 1.728 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 556 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  34. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 556 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  35. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 556 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  36. 2.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 556 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  37. 1.514 km E of Stanton, Texas · 556 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  38. 2.338 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 555 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away
  39. 2.138 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 555 days ago · 7 km deep · 65 km away
  40. 1.710 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 554 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away
  41. 2.116 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 554 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away · felt by 1
  42. 2.610 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 554 days ago · 7 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.87 km E of Midland, Texas · 554 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
  44. 1.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 551 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
  45. 2.428 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 550 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  46. 2.032 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 550 days ago · 8 km deep · 61 km away
  47. 1.527 km E of Forsan, Texas · 550 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
  48. 1.911 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 549 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  49. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 549 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  50. 2.310 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 549 days ago · 8 km deep · 67 km away
  51. 1.519 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 548 days ago · 4 km deep · 81 km away
  52. 1.627 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 547 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  53. 1.734 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 547 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  54. 2.114 km E of Stanton, Texas · 545 days ago · 7 km deep · 51 km away
  55. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 545 days ago · 7 km deep · 69 km away
  56. 1.814 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 544 days ago · 9 km deep · 33 km away
  57. 1.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 544 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  58. 2.39 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 542 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  59. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 542 days ago · 9 km deep · 72 km away
  60. 1.823 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 542 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away

The first 60 of 120.

Before

  1. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away · felt by 5
  3. 1.525 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 575 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  4. 1.919 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 575 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  5. 2.735 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 575 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.027 km NE of Crane, Texas · 576 days ago · 8 km deep · 27 km away
  7. 1.538 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 577 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  8. 1.536 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 578 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
  9. 2.234 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  10. 1.614 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  11. 2.314 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 580 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  12. 1.69 km NE of Coahoma, Texas · 580 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  13. 1.514 km E of Stanton, Texas · 581 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  14. 2.117 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 581 days ago · 5 km deep · 77 km away
  15. 1.812 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 581 days ago · 6 km deep · 74 km away
  16. 1.519 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 582 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away
  17. 2.122 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 582 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
  18. 1.631 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 582 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  19. 1.720 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 583 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  20. 1.619 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 584 days ago · 6 km deep · 44 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025earc. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:51 AM UTC.