Light earthquake: M4.4 quake has struck near Westbrook in Texas

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Westbrook in Texas. The temblor was reported at 06:09:00 / 6:09 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -101.0521° West, 32.3083° North, depth 5 km. Event id: us6000rgpg. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rgpg. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/10/25 / 2025-10-12 06:09:00 / October 12, 2025 @ 6:09 am.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder, Big Spring (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 6 km SW of Westbrook, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-101.0521° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3083° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km SW of Westbrook, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-12 06:09:00	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-12 06:29:02	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	17	The total number of felt reports
CDI	4.6	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	5.94	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	306	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	61	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.181	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.74 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	35	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rgpg	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rgpg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rgpg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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