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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Gardendale, TX
No earthquake was likely felt in Gardendale in the 24 hours to 1:49 am CST (07:49 UTC). The last one was M 2.7, 47 km (29 mi) ENE, at 2:16 am CST on 1 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Gardendale
This page: a magnitude 1.7 earthquake was recorded 6 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Gardendale, TX, at 3:53 pm CDT on 25 August 2023 (20:53 UTC), 9.1 km deep.
USGS: 5 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas
20 km (13 mi) W of Midland, TX · 18 km (11 mi) N of Odessa, TX
- When
- 3:53 pm CDT on 25 August 2023 ()
- Where
- 6 km (3 mi) east-northeast of Gardendale, TX · earthquakes near Gardendale
- Texas today
- every earthquake in Texas in the last 24 hours
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ector County, 28 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 793 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Gardendale, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Gardendale 6 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 5.2 on 2022-12-16 — about 180,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.0460, -102.3290. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County, TX | 28 km (18 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ector County |
| Midland County, TX | 40 km (25 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Midland County |
| Andrews County, TX | 42 km (26 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Martin County, TX | 45 km (28 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Martin County |
| Crane County, TX | 71 km (44 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Crane County |
| Winkler County, TX | 72 km (45 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Winkler County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
41 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 28 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.7 22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.8 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 3.5 22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.8 western Texas
- 1.6 37 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 2.2 18 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 2.0 22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 3.3 22 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 2.9 23 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.5 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.9 39 km N of Midland, Texas
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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