A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. Exact location of event, longitude -100.6531 West, latitude 32.7632 North, depth = 5 km. The temblor was picked up at 02:57:43 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/07/24 / 2024-07-25 02:57:43 / July 25, 2024 @ 2:57 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000nfic. Unique identifier: us6000nfic. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 25 km (16 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Post, Sweetwater, Snyder (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days fourteen and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas.
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