A light earthquake magnitude 4 (mg/mb) has struck on Thursday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Venus in Texas. The temblor was reported at 17:58:05 / 5:58 pm (local time epicenter) at a depth of 3.16 km (2 miles). Global time of event 07/05/15 / 2015-05-07 22:58:05 / May 7, 2015 @ 10:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -97.1324 West, latitude 32.4799 North, depth 3.16 km, unique identifier, us20002dm8.
Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 45 km (28 miles) from Dallas (c. 1 197 800 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fort Worth (c. 741 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Arlington (c. 365 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Plano (c. 259 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Garland (c. 226 900 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Irving (c. 216 300 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Prosper, Fairview, Fate.
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Constance
I felt the the first one at 330pm central in Lillian near Venus
Sophia Millet
I’ve never experienced anything like this before. I heard and felt a loud thud like something had hit my home in Joshua Meadows. My husband in the living room said he felt the couch vibrate but said he saw the love seat move! I didn’t know what it was so I went outside & walked around the house to see what had hit my home. Nothing! No damage, but sure shook my house. I then went next door and asked my neighbor if she had heard or felt anything and she said, oh yes, it was an earthquake. About a year ago she had felt about 3 of them…said this one was about a medium one! Wow! This was about the time it was recorded on Thurs. 5/7. I don’t know how far Joshua, TX is from Lillian or Venus but it’s not far…maybe 6 mi. via a bird.
Robert Ortiz
I felt the earthquake; location: 3300 N County Road 810, Texas 76009; near Road 917 and Interstate 35. Date: 5/07/2015, about 3:30pm. It shook a heavily constructed metal building; 24′ x 24′ with a 8″ concrete slab.