A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Snyder in Texas. Exact location of earthquake, -100.8933° West, 32.902° North, depth 5 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005p48. Id of event: us70005p48. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was picked up at 15:47:12 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 30/09/19 / 2019-09-30 21:47:12 / September 30, 2019 @ 9:47 pm UTC/GMT.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km (13 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Post, Snyder (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 20 km N of Snyder, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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