A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000ngva, tx2024taqv. Id of event: tx2024taqv. Exact location of event, depth 5.957 km, -102.043° West, 32.413° North. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/09/24 / 2024-09-27 17:24:53 / September 27, 2024 @ 5:24 pm. The temblor was picked up at 17:24:53 / 5:24 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.957 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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: 33 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.
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