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Light earthquake: M4.8 quake has struck near Hermleigh in Texas


Earthquake location 32.7457S, -100.6704WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. Exact location, longitude -100.6704° West, latitude 32.7457° North, depth = 1.922 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 14:28:30 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 14:28:30 / July 26, 2024 @ 2:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 1.922 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ng4s. Id of event: us6000ng4s.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abilene, Big Spring, Post (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) from Abilene (c. 117 100 pop), 94 km (58 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 83 km (51 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 fourteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

Questions or comments?

How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 14 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.6704° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7457° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.922 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 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 2024-07-26 14:28:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-26 14:39:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 45 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.1 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.822 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 382 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 28 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.093 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 37 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000ng4s Id of event.
Event Code 6000ng4s An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ng4s, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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