A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rotan in Texas on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n759, tx2024pzsb. Unique identifier: tx2024pzsb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 12:31:13 / August 15, 2024 @ 12:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.2471 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:31:13 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.629 West, latitude 32.773 North, depth = 3.2471 km.
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days twenty-five and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred 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: 17 km WSW of Rotan, Texas.
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