Light earthquake 4.9 mag, 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. The temblor was detected at 03:38:42 / 3:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: tx2024oizv. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024oizv, us6000neq0. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 03:38:42 / July 23, 2024 @ 3:38 am. Exact location of event, depth 7.6904 km, -100.638° West, 32.753° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.6904 km (5 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Big Spring, Abilene, Post. Epicenter of the earthquake was 91 km (57 miles) from Abilene (c. 117 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 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 eleven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-100.638° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.753° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.6904 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km NE 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 03:38:42	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-23 03:57:29	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	86	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	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	415	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	,tx,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	31	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	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	43	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	tx2024oizv	Id of event.
Event Code	2024oizv	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024oizv,us6000neq0,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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