M2.6 earthquake 19 km NW of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 19 km NW of Midland, Texas on Tue, Mar 3, 2026, 4:52 AM CST (10:52 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 21 km N of Stanton, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
2.6	ML, local (Richter)	TX	Preferred · Final · ±0.2 · 13 stations
2.6	mb_Lg, Lg-wave body	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Reviewed · ±0.08 · 42 stations

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

Reviewed by a seismologist.

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

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 103 in the 60 days after this one and 64 in the 30 days before it.

The first 60 of 103.

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026eiuxwb (also filed as us7000s1nw). Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:29 PM UTC.