A 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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