Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Gardendale, TX
USGS: 2 km SSE of Gardendale, Texas
13 km (8 mi) N of Odessa, TX
- When
- 12:45 pm CDT on 11 October 2024 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) SSE of Gardendale, TX · earthquakes near Gardendale
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.7 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Ector County, 22 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 718 days ago
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) SSE of Gardendale, TX, at 12:45 pm CDT on 11 October 2024 (17:45 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Odessa, West Odessa, Midland.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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 250,000 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 31.9970, -102.3700. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ector County, TX | 22 km (14 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Ector County |
| Midland County, TX | 40 km (25 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Midland County |
| Andrews County, TX | 43 km (27 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Martin County, TX | 52 km (32 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Martin County |
| Crane County, TX | 65 km (40 mi) | S | earthquakes near Crane County |
| Winkler County, TX | 67 km (42 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Winkler County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.2 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 3.0 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.6 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.6 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.9 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.6 25 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 30 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.8 40 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.6 5 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.5 5 km SSE of Midland, Texas
- 1.8 38 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 2.0 7 km SE of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 8 km SE of Midland, Texas
- 1.6 1 km SE of Gardendale, Texas
- 1.6 5 km SE 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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