Texas earthquakes

M1.6 earthquake 20 km NNW of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 20 km NNW of Stanton, Texas on Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC), 8 km (5 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
1.6 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-03-25 07:04:38 UTC
Depth
7.9 km (4.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.306° N, 101.843° 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 0.2 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.20
Station coverage gap
23°
Stations used
78

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 71 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.814 km NNW of Midland, Texas · 189 days ago · 8 km deep · 37 km away
  2. 1.713 km W of Stanton, Texas · 188 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.635 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 188 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  4. 1.512 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 188 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  5. 1.611 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 187 days ago · 9 km deep · 49 km away
  6. 2.011 km S of Forsan, Texas · 187 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  7. 1.612 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 187 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.76 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 187 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 28
  9. 2.16 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 187 days ago · 6 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 2
  10. 1.511 km E of Gardendale, Texas · 186 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
  11. 2.024 km E of Forsan, Texas · 186 days ago · 6 km deep · 72 km away
  12. 1.618 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 184 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  13. 1.537 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 184 days ago · 8 km deep · 31 km away
  14. 1.812 km ESE of Coahoma, Texas · 184 days ago · 8 km deep · 63 km away
  15. 2.419 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 184 days ago · 9 km deep · 11 km away
  16. 1.56 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 184 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  17. 1.731 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 182 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  18. 1.89 km E of Coahoma, Texas · 182 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  19. 2.74 km N of Stanton, Texas · 177 days ago · 8 km deep · 16 km away · felt by 3
  20. 1.720 km NE of Gardendale, Texas · 177 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away
  21. 2.07 km NNE of Westbrook, Texas · 176 days ago · 7 km deep · 81 km away
  22. 1.97 km N of Westbrook, Texas · 176 days ago · 6 km deep · 80 km away
  23. 2.026 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 176 days ago · 7 km deep · 78 km away
  24. 1.918 km SE of Ackerly, Texas · 176 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  25. 1.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 175 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  26. 1.517 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 175 days ago · 5 km deep · 24 km away
  27. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 173 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 173 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  29. 1.511 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 173 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  30. 1.67 km ESE of Big Spring, Texas · 172 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  31. 1.512 km W of Stanton, Texas · 170 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 2.010 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 170 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  33. 1.517 km ESE of Ackerly, Texas · 170 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  34. 1.631 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 169 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  35. 1.612 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 169 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  36. 2.914 km N of Stanton, Texas · 169 days ago · 6 km deep · 9 km away
  37. 1.725 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 169 days ago · 9 km deep · 73 km away
  38. 2.711 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 168 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  39. 1.639 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 168 days ago · 7 km deep · 29 km away
  40. 1.610 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  41. 1.715 km NW of Midland, Texas · 166 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
  42. 2.030 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 166 days ago · 9 km deep · 25 km away
  43. 1.510 km S of Midland, Texas · 165 days ago · 6 km deep · 51 km away
  44. 2.111 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 165 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  45. 2.211 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 164 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  46. 2.211 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 164 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  47. 2.111 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 164 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  48. 2.117 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 164 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 2
  49. 1.620 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 164 days ago · 3 km deep · 81 km away
  50. 2.327 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 163 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  51. 3.326 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 163 days ago · 7 km deep · 77 km away
  52. 1.717 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 163 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  53. 1.624 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 162 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  54. 1.625 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 162 days ago · 7 km deep · 60 km away
  55. 2.011 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 162 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
  56. 2.225 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 162 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  57. 2.120 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 161 days ago · 8 km deep · 65 km away
  58. 1.519 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 161 days ago · 4 km deep · 67 km away
  59. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 160 days ago · 9 km deep · 75 km away
  60. 1.74 km W of Stanton, Texas · 159 days ago · 9 km deep · 20 km away

The first 60 of 106.

Before

  1. 1.512 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 190 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  2. 2.113 km W of Stanton, Texas · 190 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  3. 1.718 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas · 192 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  4. 2.422 km ESE of Forsan, Texas · 193 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  5. 1.726 km NE of Crane, Texas · 193 days ago · 7 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 1.623 km SW of Snyder, Texas · 193 days ago · 9 km deep · 77 km away
  7. 2.613 km W of Stanton, Texas · 194 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  8. 2.713 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 194 days ago · 10 km deep · 24 km away
  9. 1.811 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 196 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  10. 1.617 km NNE of Midland, Texas · 196 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  11. 2.035 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 198 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  12. 1.814 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 198 days ago · 7 km deep · 67 km away
  13. 1.52 km NW of Garden City, Texas · 199 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  14. 1.613 km W of Stanton, Texas · 200 days ago · 8 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 2.413 km W of Stanton, Texas · 200 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 1
  16. 2.013 km W of Stanton, Texas · 201 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  17. 1.713 km W of Stanton, Texas · 201 days ago · 9 km deep · 24 km away
  18. 2.112 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 201 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  19. 1.812 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 202 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away
  20. 2.019 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 202 days ago · 8 km deep · 81 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026fwxipk. Read Wed, Sep 30, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC.