The earthquake happened astir 350 miles northwest of SA

San Antonio residents study feeling the impacts of a 5.3 magnitude earthquake successful West Texas Wednesday.

Did you consciousness a shingle successful San Antonio Wednesday afternoon?

According to San Antonio police, residents successful high-rise buildings adjacent downtown felt a shingle from what was apt owed to the 5.4 magnitude earthquake (revised from the earlier 5.3 magnitude study from USGS) that occurred successful West Texas.

The USGS website shows this earthquake occurred astir 24 miles WSW of Mentone, Texas astatine 3:32 p.m. CST, which is astir 350 miles northwest of San Antonio.

A fewer aftershocks person besides been recorded successful the aforesaid country pursuing the archetypal earthquake, and tin beryllium viewed present connected the USGS earthquake tracker.

Reports amusement that Wednesday’s earthquake is the 3rd strongest connected grounds successful Texas, pursuing a 6.5 magnitude earthquake backmost successful 1931 and a 5.7 magnitude earthquake successful 1995.

Due to the geology of our area, earthquakes of this magnitude tin beryllium felt astatine specified a distance.

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Meteorologist Mia Montgomery joined the KSAT Weather Authority Team successful September 2022. As a Floresville native, Mia grew up successful the San Antonio country and ever knew that she wanted to instrumentality home. She antecedently worked arsenic a meteorologist astatine KBTX successful Bryan-College Station and is simply a fourth-generation Aggie.