A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Snyder in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 01/10/19 / 2019-10-01 07:14:44 / October 1, 2019 @ 7:14 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 01:14:44 / 1:14 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -100.8582° West, 32.8898° North. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70005p8j. Id of event: us70005p8j.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sweetwater, Post, Snyder. Epicenter of the event was 20 km (12 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 19 km NNE of Snyder, Texas.
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