Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 11 km NNW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 11 km NNW of Midland, Texas on Fri, Mar 7, 2025, 6:18 AM CST (12:18 UTC), 6 km (3 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.6 36 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-03-07 12:18:52 UTC
Depth
5.6 km (3.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.101° N, 102.104° 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, 1.1 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
68°
Stations used
30

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 123 in the 60 days after this one and 67 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.710 km SE of Midland, Texas · 570 days ago · 9 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 1.525 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 569 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  3. 1.912 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 569 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  4. 1.97 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 568 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  5. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 567 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  6. 1.56 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 566 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away
  7. 2.019 km NW of Midland, Texas · 565 days ago · 6 km deep · 10 km away
  8. 2.536 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 565 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  9. 2.420 km NW of Midland, Texas · 565 days ago · 6 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.520 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 564 days ago · 7 km deep · 12 km away
  11. 2.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 564 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away · felt by 1
  12. 1.533 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 564 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  13. 1.833 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 564 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  14. 2.222 km W of Garden City, Texas · 564 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  15. 2.038 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 563 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  16. 2.638 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 563 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 562 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  18. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 562 days ago · 8 km deep · 44 km away
  19. 2.032 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 562 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  20. 1.514 km E of Stanton, Texas · 562 days ago · 7 km deep · 44 km away
  21. 2.338 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 561 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
  22. 2.138 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 561 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  23. 1.710 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 560 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  24. 2.116 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 560 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 1
  25. 2.610 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 560 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away · felt by 1
  26. 1.87 km E of Midland, Texas · 560 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  27. 1.617 km NW of Midland, Texas · 557 days ago · 6 km deep · 8 km away
  28. 2.428 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 556 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  29. 2.032 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 556 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  30. 1.527 km E of Forsan, Texas · 556 days ago · 4 km deep · 97 km away
  31. 1.911 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 555 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  32. 1.535 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 555 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  33. 2.310 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 555 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  34. 1.519 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 554 days ago · 4 km deep · 62 km away
  35. 1.627 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 554 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
  36. 1.734 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 553 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  37. 2.114 km E of Stanton, Texas · 551 days ago · 7 km deep · 45 km away
  38. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 551 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  39. 1.814 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 550 days ago · 9 km deep · 18 km away
  40. 1.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 550 days ago · 5 km deep · 97 km away
  41. 2.39 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 548 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  42. 2.131 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 548 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
  43. 1.823 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 548 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
  44. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 548 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
  45. 2.323 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 548 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  46. 1.513 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 547 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  47. 1.59 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 546 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  48. 1.520 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 546 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  49. 1.817 km NW of Midland, Texas · 544 days ago · 7 km deep · 10 km away
  50. 3.428 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 544 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 1
  51. 1.929 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 544 days ago · 9 km deep · 55 km away
  52. 2.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 544 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 1
  53. 1.739 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 544 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  54. 2.83 km N of Stanton, Texas · 542 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 6
  55. 1.715 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 542 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
  56. 1.531 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 542 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  57. 2.24 km N of Stanton, Texas · 540 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  58. 2.610 km W of Forsan, Texas · 540 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  59. 1.928 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 540 days ago · 6 km deep · 40 km away
  60. 1.639 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 540 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away

The first 60 of 123.

Before

  1. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 571 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  2. 1.936 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 572 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  3. 1.931 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 572 days ago · 8 km deep · 34 km away
  4. 1.534 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 573 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  5. 1.519 km ENE of Garden City, Texas · 574 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  6. 1.520 km WSW of Garden City, Texas · 574 days ago · 7 km deep · 53 km away
  7. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 574 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away
  8. 1.625 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 575 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  9. 1.835 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 575 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away
  10. 1.520 km SE of Midland, Texas · 577 days ago · 6 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 2.617 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 577 days ago · 7 km deep · 54 km away · felt by 4
  12. 1.825 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 577 days ago · 7 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 3
  13. 1.626 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 577 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 12
  14. 2.325 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 577 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 278
  15. 4.826 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 577 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 964
  16. 1.537 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 578 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  17. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away · felt by 1
  18. 1.834 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away
  19. 3.434 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 579 days ago · 8 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 5
  20. 1.525 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 581 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025epse. Read Tue, Sep 29, 2026, 2:35 AM UTC.