A minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 36 kilometers (22 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/08/25 / 2025-08-15 02:18:39 / August 15, 2025 @ 2:18 am. Exact location, longitude -102.0824° West, latitude 32.4137° North, depth = 2.335 km. The temblor was reported at 02:18:39 / 2:18 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.335 km (1 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000r0w2. Id of event: us6000r0w2.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 46 km (29 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 36 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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