Texas earthquakes

M1.5 earthquake 13 km WSW of Stanton, Texas

A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 13 km WSW of Stanton, Texas on Sat, May 2, 2026, 2:37 PM CDT (19:37 UTC), 9 km (6 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.2 30 km SE of Midland, Texas. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.5 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2026-05-02 19:37:06 UTC
Depth
9.1 km (5.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
32.104° N, 101.925° 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 0.3 km horizontally, 0.7 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.10
Station coverage gap
51°
Stations used
39

Nearest places

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 124 in the 60 days after this one and 56 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.79 km S of Midland, Texas · 144 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 2.014 km E of Stanton, Texas · 144 days ago · 7 km deep · 28 km away
  3. 2.234 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 143 days ago · 9 km deep · 40 km away
  4. 1.524 km E of Forsan, Texas · 143 days ago · 8 km deep · 77 km away
  5. 2.510 km N of Midland, Texas · 143 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 22
  6. 1.910 km N of Midland, Texas · 142 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 2.110 km N of Midland, Texas · 142 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away · felt by 26
  8. 1.518 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 142 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
  9. 1.68 km SE of Gardendale, Texas · 141 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away
  10. 2.36 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 141 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  11. 1.523 km SE of Odessa, Texas · 140 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
  12. 1.511 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 140 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  13. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 139 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  14. 1.718 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 138 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  15. 2.732 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 137 days ago · 7 km deep · 40 km away · felt by 1
  16. 1.74 km N of Stanton, Texas · 136 days ago · 9 km deep · 15 km away
  17. 1.728 km ESE of Midland, Texas · 135 days ago · 10 km deep · 29 km away
  18. 1.91 km NNW of Garden City, Texas · 134 days ago · 8 km deep · 48 km away
  19. 1.611 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 132 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 1.628 km N of Sterling City, Texas · 132 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  21. 1.54 km SW of Midland, Texas · 129 days ago · 8 km deep · 23 km away
  22. 1.523 km E of Forsan, Texas · 128 days ago · 5 km deep · 76 km away
  23. 3.230 km SE of Midland, Texas · 128 days ago · 9 km deep · 31 km away · felt by 8
  24. 1.820 km SW of Ackerly, Texas · 128 days ago · 7 km deep · 33 km away
  25. 1.922 km WNW of Stanton, Texas · 128 days ago · 8 km deep · 15 km away
  26. 1.527 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 127 days ago · 8 km deep · 41 km away
  27. 1.520 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 127 days ago · 9 km deep · 87 km away
  28. 2.24 km SW of Midland, Texas · 126 days ago · 9 km deep · 23 km away · felt by 21
  29. 1.537 km NW of Stanton, Texas · 126 days ago · 8 km deep · 32 km away
  30. 1.633 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 124 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  31. 1.83 km S of Midland, Texas · 123 days ago · 9 km deep · 22 km away
  32. 1.532 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 123 days ago · 7 km deep · 38 km away
  33. 1.519 km NW of Sterling City, Texas · 123 days ago · 4 km deep · 76 km away
  34. 1.530 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 122 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
  35. 1.924 km NNW of Westbrook, Texas · 121 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
  36. 1.57 km NNW of Odessa, Texas · 121 days ago · 9 km deep · 51 km away
  37. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 119 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  38. 1.710 km W of Forsan, Texas · 119 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  39. 1.737 km ENE of McKinney Acres, Texas · 119 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  40. 1.57 km WNW of Westbrook, Texas · 119 days ago · 6 km deep · 84 km away
  41. 1.712 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 119 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  42. 2.612 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 118 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  43. 1.812 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 118 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  44. 1.511 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 118 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  45. 1.711 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 118 days ago · 9 km deep · 1 km away
  46. 1.611 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 118 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away
  47. 2.824 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 118 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
  48. 1.525 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 118 days ago · 8 km deep · 83 km away
  49. 2.125 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 118 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  50. 1.526 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 118 days ago · 7 km deep · 83 km away
  51. 1.535 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 116 days ago · 7 km deep · 46 km away
  52. 1.629 km SSE of Midland, Texas · 116 days ago · 5 km deep · 37 km away
  53. 2.15 km SW of Westbrook, Texas · 115 days ago · 8 km deep · 84 km away
  54. 1.615 km W of Stanton, Texas · 115 days ago · 9 km deep · 3 km away
  55. 1.65 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 115 days ago · 8 km deep · 87 km away
  56. 2.618 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 115 days ago · 9 km deep · 90 km away
  57. 1.518 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 115 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away
  58. 1.617 km SSE of Westbrook, Texas · 115 days ago · 1 km deep · 91 km away
  59. 1.516 km ESE of Stanton, Texas · 114 days ago · 8 km deep · 29 km away
  60. 1.67 km ESE of Big Spring, Texas · 114 days ago · 6 km deep · 50 km away

The first 60 of 124.

Before

  1. 1.913 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 145 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 1.518 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 145 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  3. 1.823 km E of Forsan, Texas · 145 days ago · 8 km deep · 75 km away
  4. 1.819 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 146 days ago · 6 km deep · 88 km away
  5. 1.513 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 146 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  6. 1.513 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 146 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  7. 1.613 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 147 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away
  8. 1.511 km W of Forsan, Texas · 147 days ago · 9 km deep · 42 km away
  9. 1.510 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 148 days ago · 7 km deep · 3 km away
  10. 1.639 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas · 148 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
  11. 2.227 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 149 days ago · 8 km deep · 88 km away
  12. 1.636 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas · 149 days ago · 9 km deep · 38 km away
  13. 1.535 km SE of Odessa, Texas · 150 days ago · 9 km deep · 52 km away
  14. 1.637 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas · 153 days ago · 9 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 1.74 km W of Stanton, Texas · 153 days ago · 9 km deep · 8 km away
  16. 1.824 km SSW of Westbrook, Texas · 154 days ago · 9 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.519 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 155 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  18. 2.120 km NW of Westbrook, Texas · 155 days ago · 8 km deep · 82 km away
  19. 2.225 km S of Westbrook, Texas · 156 days ago · 9 km deep · 82 km away
  20. 2.011 km WSW of Stanton, Texas · 156 days ago · 7 km deep · 2 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event tx2026ippwvi. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 1:30 PM UTC.