A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. The temblor was detected at 19:33:23 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.011 km (1 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -101.8997 West, latitude 32.3652 North, depth = 2.011 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 19:33:23 / February 28, 2025 @ 7:33 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw4y. Unique identifier: us6000pw4y.
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brownfield, West Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Brownfield (c. 9 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Lamesa (c. 9 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 24 km SW of Ackerly, Texas.
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