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Light earthquake 4.4 mag, 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas

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Earthquake location 32.769S, -100.67WA light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.2959 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 03:46:25 / July 23, 2024 @ 3:46 am. Exact location of event, depth 3.2959 km, -100.67° West, 32.769° North. Event id: tx2024ojad. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000neqm, tx2024ojad. The temblor was picked up at 03:46:25 / 3:46 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abilene, Post, Sweetwater (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 95 km (59 miles) from Abilene (c. 117 100 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twelve earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.67° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.2959 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-23 03:46:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 04:25:36 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 298 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 20 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 53 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID tx2024ojad Id of event.
Event Code 2024ojad An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000neqm,tx2024ojad, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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