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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag has occurred near Falls City in Texas


Earthquake location 29.078S, -97.845WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Falls City in Texas. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 03:26:38 / 3:26 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 3.6865 km (2 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000p9yq, tx2025cbgl. Id of event: tx2025cbgl. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 30/01/25 / 2025-01-30 03:26:38 / January 30, 2025 @ 3:26 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.845 West, latitude 29.078 North, depth = 3.6865 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Timberwood Park, Lockhart, San Marcos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Victoria (c. 62 600 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from San Marcos (c. 44 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 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 one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.845° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.078° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.6865 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-01-30 03:26:38 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-01-30 03:42:04 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 79 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.9 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 350 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID tx2025cbgl Id of event.
Event Code 2025cbgl An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000p9yq,tx2025cbgl, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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