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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Karnes City in Texas


Earthquake location 28.9484S, -97.9663WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 9 kilometers (6 miles) from Karnes City in Texas. The temblor was detected at 08:24:51 / 8:24 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -97.9663° West, 28.9484° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us2000d0xm. Id of event: us2000d0xm. Exact time and date of earthquake 12/02/18 / 2018-02-12 14:24:51 / February 12, 2018 @ 2:24 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Lackland Air Force Base, Gonzales, Selma. Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 9 km NW of Karnes City, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.9663° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.9484° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 9km NW of Karnes City, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-02-12 14:24:51 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-02-12 14:46:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level 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 148 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.166 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 120 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us2000d0xm Id of event.
Event Code 2000d0xm An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us2000d0xm, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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