A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 30/07/24 / 2024-07-30 17:43:08 / July 30, 2024 @ 5:43 pm. The 3.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 17:43:08 / 5:43 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.1299 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -100.649° West, 32.744° North, depth 8.1299 km. Id of earthquake: tx2024owwf. Event ids that are associated: us6000ngxr, tx2024owwf.
Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 25 km (16 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Post (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Post, Sweetwater, Snyder.
There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twenty, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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