A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Tuesday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:51:10 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.189 West, latitude 31.674 North, depth = 5.741 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 11:51:10 / May 28, 2024 @ 11:51 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n1ge, tx2024klhx. Unique identifier: tx2024klhx. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.741 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlsbad, Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 83 km (52 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-one and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. 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.
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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: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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