Light earthquake, 4 mag has occurred near Hermleigh in Texas

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas on Thursday. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:57:43 / 2:57 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -100.732 West, latitude 32.74 North, depth = 6.4209 km. Event id: tx2024ompo. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nfic, tx2024ompo. 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). The epicenter was at a depth of 6.4209 km (4 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Big Spring, Post, Sweetwater (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 18 km (11 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 11 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-100.732° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.74° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.4209 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	11 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	2024-07-25 02:57:43	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-07-25 03:24:06	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	11	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	4.584	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	251	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	41	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	51	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	tx2024ompo	Id of event.
Event Code	2024ompo	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nfic,tx2024ompo,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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