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


Earthquake location 32.3984S, -102.044WA light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -102.044 West, latitude 32.3984 North, depth = 4.759 km. Unique identifier: us7000necw. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000necw. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.759 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 00:49:42 / September 17, 2024 @ 12:49 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 00:49:42 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 45 km (28 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Brownfield (c. 9 700 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Lamesa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Brownfield, West Odessa, Odessa.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.044° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3984° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.759 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 00:49:42 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 00:56:22 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level 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 354 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.287 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.51 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 us7000necw Id of event.
Event Code 7000necw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000necw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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