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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas


Earthquake location 32.7632S, -100.6531WA 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.6531° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7632° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 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 2024-07-25 02:57:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-25 03:13:17 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 7 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 262 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.116 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.67 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 36 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nfic Id of event.
Event Code 6000nfic An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nfic, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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