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Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Ackerly in Texas

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/02/25 / 2025-02-28 19:33:24 / February 28, 2025 @ 7:33 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.8115 km (4 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -101.926 West, latitude 32.37 North, depth = 6.8115 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pw4y, tx2025edml. Unique identifier: tx2025edml. The 4.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:33:24 / 7:33 pm (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Event epicenter was 44 km (27 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Brownfield (c. 9 700 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Lamesa (c. 9 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Brownfield, West Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop).

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

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 26 km SW of Ackerly, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-101.926° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.37° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.8115 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km SW 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	2025-02-28 19:33:24	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-28 20:03:50	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	473	The total number of felt reports
CDI	5.3	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.99	The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level	green	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	605	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	43	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	tx2025edml	Id of event.
Event Code	2025edml	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000pw4y,tx2025edml,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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