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M1.5 earthquake 10 km S of Midland, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 10 km S of Midland, Texas on Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.3 26 km S of Westbrook, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ML, local (Richter)), micro
Magnitude from
TX
Local time
UTC
2026-04-18 02:54:01 UTC
Depth
6.0 km (3.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
31.899° N, 102.084° 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 0.6 km horizontally, 2.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
64°
Stations used
23

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 95 in the 60 days after this one and 45 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.111 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 166 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  2. 2.211 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.211 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  4. 2.111 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 2.117 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 2
  6. 2.327 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 165 days ago · 9 km deep · 100 km away
  7. 3.326 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 165 days ago · 7 km deep · 100 km away
  8. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 164 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
  9. 1.624 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 164 days ago · 7 km deep · 15 km away
  10. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 164 days ago · 7 km deep · 16 km away
  11. 2.011 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 164 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  12. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 162 days ago · 9 km deep · 99 km away
  13. 1.74 km W of Stanton, Texas · 161 days ago · 9 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 161 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 1.535 km SE of Odessa, Texas · 158 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 1.636 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 157 days ago · 9 km deep · 58 km away
  17. 1.639 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 156 days ago · 7 km deep · 52 km away
  18. 1.510 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 156 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  19. 1.511 km W of Forsan, Texas · 155 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  20. 1.613 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 155 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  21. 1.513 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 154 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  22. 1.513 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 154 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  23. 1.823 km E of Forsan, Texas · 153 days ago · 8 km deep · 92 km away
  24. 1.913 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 153 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  25. 1.513 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 153 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  26. 1.79 km S of Midland, Texas · 152 days ago · 3 km deep · 1 km away
  27. 2.014 km E of Stanton, Texas · 152 days ago · 7 km deep · 50 km away
  28. 2.234 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 151 days ago · 9 km deep · 60 km away
  29. 1.524 km E of Forsan, Texas · 151 days ago · 8 km deep · 95 km away
  30. 2.510 km N of Midland, Texas · 151 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 22
  31. 1.910 km N of Midland, Texas · 150 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.110 km N of Midland, Texas · 150 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away · felt by 26
  33. 1.68 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 149 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  34. 1.523 km SE of Odessa, Texas · 148 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  35. 1.511 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 147 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  36. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 147 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  37. 2.732 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 145 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 1
  38. 1.74 km N of Stanton, Texas · 144 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  39. 1.728 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 143 days ago · 10 km deep · 25 km away
  40. 1.91 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 142 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away
  41. 1.611 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 140 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  42. 1.54 km SW of Midland, Texas · 137 days ago · 8 km deep · 9 km away
  43. 1.523 km E of Forsan, Texas · 136 days ago · 5 km deep · 94 km away
  44. 3.230 km SE of Midland, Texas · 136 days ago · 9 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 8
  45. 1.820 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 136 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  46. 1.922 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 136 days ago · 8 km deep · 36 km away
  47. 1.527 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 135 days ago · 8 km deep · 64 km away
  48. 2.24 km SW of Midland, Texas · 134 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 21
  49. 1.537 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 134 days ago · 8 km deep · 51 km away
  50. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 131 days ago · 9 km deep · 59 km away
  51. 1.83 km S of Midland, Texas · 131 days ago · 9 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 131 days ago · 7 km deep · 59 km away
  53. 1.519 km NW of Sterling City, Texas · 130 days ago · 4 km deep · 89 km away
  54. 1.530 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 130 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
  55. 1.57 km NNW of Odessa, Texas · 128 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away
  56. 1.710 km W of Forsan, Texas · 127 days ago · 9 km deep · 61 km away
  57. 1.737 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 127 days ago · 7 km deep · 56 km away
  58. 1.712 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 27 km away
  59. 2.612 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away · felt by 1
  60. 1.812 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away

The first 60 of 95.

Before

  1. 2.030 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 168 days ago · 9 km deep · 63 km away
  2. 1.715 km NW of Midland, Texas · 168 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  3. 1.610 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 168 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  4. 1.639 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 170 days ago · 7 km deep · 57 km away
  5. 2.711 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 170 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away · felt by 1
  6. 1.725 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 171 days ago · 9 km deep · 97 km away
  7. 2.914 km N of Stanton, Texas · 171 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away
  8. 1.612 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 171 days ago · 8 km deep · 28 km away
  9. 1.631 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 171 days ago · 7 km deep · 63 km away
  10. 1.517 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 172 days ago · 8 km deep · 80 km away
  11. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 172 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  12. 1.512 km W of Stanton, Texas · 172 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  13. 1.67 km ESE of Big Spring, Texas · 174 days ago · 9 km deep · 74 km away
  14. 1.511 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 175 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  15. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 175 days ago · 9 km deep · 28 km away
  16. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 175 days ago · 9 km deep · 29 km away
  17. 1.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 177 days ago · 5 km deep · 71 km away
  18. 1.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 177 days ago · 5 km deep · 70 km away
  19. 1.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 178 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  20. 1.720 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 178 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026hoqlzy. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 9:31 AM UTC.