A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.7 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westbrook in Texas on Friday. Unique identifier: us7000n08k. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000n08k. Exact location, longitude -101.052° West, latitude 32.3377° North, depth = 6.304 km. The 3.7-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:21:20 / 11:21 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.304 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 19/07/24 / 2024-07-19 11:21:20 / July 19, 2024 @ 11:21 am UTC/GMT.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (26 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sweetwater, Snyder, Big Spring (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
How would you describe the shaking?
Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km WSW of Westbrook, Texas.
Copyright © 2024 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply