Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 1.4ml
Earthquake near Midland, TX
USGS: 37 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas
45 km (28 mi) N of Midland, TX
- When
- 8:44 pm CDT on 27 September 2026 ()
- Where
- 48 km (30 mi) N of Midland, TX · earthquakes near Midland
- Magnitude
- M 1.4 (ml)
- Depth
- 8.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Martin County, 20 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 4 days ago
A magnitude 1.4 earthquake was recorded 48 km (30 mi) N of Midland, TX, at 8:44 pm CDT on 27 September 2026 (01:44 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 3.8 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 4,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,800,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 250× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.4 about 3.8 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 500,000 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 32.4290, -102.1170. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin County, TX | 20 km (12 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Martin County |
| Dawson County, TX | 38 km (24 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Dawson County |
| Andrews County, TX | 51 km (32 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Andrews County |
| Gaines County, TX | 60 km (37 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Gaines County |
| Howard County, TX | 65 km (41 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Howard County |
| Midland County, TX | 69 km (43 mi) | S | earthquakes near Midland County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
8 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 0.6 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.2 14 km S of Ackerly, Texas
- 1.0 35 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas
- 3.1 20 km WNW of Stanton, Texas
- 0.6 19 km NW of Stanton, Texas
- 1.0 20 km NNE of Stanton, Texas
- 1.7 20 km NNE of Stanton, Texas
- 1.7 17 km N of Stanton, 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
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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