Texas earthquakes

M1.7 earthquake 28 km S of Westbrook, Texas

A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 28 km S of Westbrook, Texas on Sat, Mar 15, 2025, 6:09 PM CDT (23:09 UTC), 7 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.4 28 km SW of Garden City, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2025-03-15 23:09:37 UTC
Depth
6.6 km (4.1 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.096° N, 101.009° 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, 2.8 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
72°
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: 106 in the 60 days after this one and 42 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 558 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  2. 1.614 km E of Stanton, Texas · 558 days ago · 8 km deep · 59 km away
  3. 1.514 km E of Stanton, Texas · 557 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  4. 1.710 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 556 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  5. 2.116 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 555 days ago · 7 km deep · 85 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.610 km SSW of Ackerly, Texas · 555 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away · felt by 1
  7. 1.87 km E of Midland, Texas · 555 days ago · 7 km deep · 94 km away
  8. 2.428 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 552 days ago · 8 km deep · 6 km away
  9. 1.527 km E of Forsan, Texas · 552 days ago · 4 km deep · 6 km away
  10. 1.516 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 552 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  11. 2.115 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 552 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  12. 1.911 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 550 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  13. 2.310 km SSE of Forsan, Texas · 550 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  14. 1.519 km NNW of Big Spring, Texas · 550 days ago · 4 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 1.627 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 549 days ago · 6 km deep · 5 km away
  16. 1.617 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 548 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  17. 1.717 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 547 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  18. 2.114 km E of Stanton, Texas · 547 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  19. 1.530 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 547 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  20. 1.517 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 546 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 1.814 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 546 days ago · 9 km deep · 86 km away
  22. 1.924 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 545 days ago · 5 km deep · 8 km away
  23. 2.39 km SSW of Big Spring, Texas · 544 days ago · 7 km deep · 47 km away
  24. 1.812 km N of Snyder, Texas · 544 days ago · 4 km deep · 82 km away
  25. 1.823 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 543 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  26. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 543 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  27. 2.323 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 543 days ago · 8 km deep · 7 km away
  28. 1.513 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 543 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  29. 1.59 km NNW of Forsan, Texas · 542 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  30. 1.520 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 541 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  31. 3.428 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 539 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away · felt by 1
  32. 1.929 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 539 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  33. 2.128 km SW of Garden City, Texas · 539 days ago · 8 km deep · 79 km away · felt by 1
  34. 2.83 km N of Stanton, Texas · 537 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away · felt by 6
  35. 1.715 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 537 days ago · 6 km deep · 87 km away
  36. 2.016 km SW of Rotan, Texas · 536 days ago · 6 km deep · 83 km away
  37. 2.24 km N of Stanton, Texas · 536 days ago · 8 km deep · 74 km away
  38. 1.610 km W of Rotan, Texas · 536 days ago · 4 km deep · 92 km away
  39. 2.610 km W of Forsan, Texas · 536 days ago · 9 km deep · 44 km away
  40. 1.710 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 536 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
  41. 1.928 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 536 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  42. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 530 days ago · 8 km deep · 100 km away
  43. 2.020 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 530 days ago · 8 km deep · 70 km away
  44. 1.716 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 529 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  45. 2.027 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 529 days ago · 6 km deep · 4 km away
  46. 1.716 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 529 days ago · 8 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 1.614 km NNW of Stanton, Texas · 528 days ago · 9 km deep · 81 km away
  48. 1.816 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 528 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  49. 1.617 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 5 km deep · 13 km away
  50. 2.624 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 7 km deep · 7 km away
  51. 1.623 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 4 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.627 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 9 km deep · 5 km away
  53. 1.523 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 3 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 1.521 km SE of Midland, Texas · 527 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  55. 2.57 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 527 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away · felt by 2
  56. 1.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 527 days ago · 7 km deep · 4 km away
  57. 1.523 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 526 days ago · 6 km deep · 7 km away
  58. 1.523 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 525 days ago · 5 km deep · 51 km away
  59. 1.823 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 524 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  60. 2.117 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas · 524 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 2.222 km W of Garden City, Texas · 559 days ago · 7 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 2.522 km W of Garden City, Texas · 559 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away · felt by 1
  3. 1.56 km SSE of Coahoma, Texas · 561 days ago · 8 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 1.712 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 563 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  5. 1.97 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 564 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  6. 1.912 km SSE of Stanton, Texas · 565 days ago · 8 km deep · 69 km away
  7. 1.525 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 565 days ago · 8 km deep · 91 km away
  8. 1.710 km SE of Midland, Texas · 565 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
  9. 2.018 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 566 days ago · 4 km deep · 11 km away
  10. 1.515 km NNW of Snyder, Texas · 566 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.616 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas · 569 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away
  12. 1.519 km ENE of Garden City, Texas · 569 days ago · 8 km deep · 33 km away
  13. 1.520 km WSW of Garden City, Texas · 570 days ago · 7 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 1.625 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 570 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 1
  15. 1.520 km SE of Midland, Texas · 572 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  16. 2.617 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away · felt by 4
  17. 1.825 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 7 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 3
  18. 1.718 km WSW of Rotan, Texas · 573 days ago · 7 km deep · 84 km away · felt by 4
  19. 1.626 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 7 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 12
  20. 2.325 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 573 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away · felt by 278

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2025ffdp. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:27 PM UTC.