A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.3447 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ng4s, tx2024ophu. Unique identifier: tx2024ophu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 14:28:29 / 2:28 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 26/07/24 / 2024-07-26 14:28:29 / July 26, 2024 @ 2:28 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.692 West, latitude 32.746 North, depth = 3.3447 km.
Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Abilene, Big Spring, Post (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) from Abilene (c. 117 100 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop).
Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.
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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. 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: 13 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas.
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