A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled rural West Texas early Thursday morning, the United States Geological Service says.
The earthquake, initially reported as a preliminary magnitude 4.3 and later upgraded to 4.7, was recorded round 4:30 a.m. about 10 miles to the northeast of Hermleigh and 15 miles east of Snyder, alongside the borders of Scurry and Fisher counties, the USGS said.
Local media reported residents close to the epicenter felt their homes shake and had gadgets fall off their partitions.
“Ok I think it’s safe to say I have now experienced my 2nd earthquake in my life and I never would have thought I’d feel one in Dallas,” one Twitter user wrote.
“Here in Denton I woke up at 4:30 am to some slight shaking, never experienced any kind of earthquake before this. I bet most people just slept through it,” another user tweeted.
Just hours earlier, individuals throughout South Texas reported feeling their houses shake and loud booms from what authorities imagine was presumably a meteor smashing to the bottom.
Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra stated Houston Air Traffic Control received reports from two aircraft pilots who reported seeing a meteor within the sky west of the McAllen-Mission space.
In November, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake hit West Texas and brought on injury to buildings as distant as San Antonio. It was the third largest earthquake to ever hit the state.
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