Light earthquake, 4.7 mag was detected near Mentone in Texas

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Mentone in Texas. Exact location of earthquake, -104.0639° West, 31.7009° North, depth 5 km. Global time and date of event 26/03/20 / 2020-03-26 15:16:28 / March 26, 2020 @ 3:16 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event id: us70008ggn. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us70008ggn. The temblor was picked up at 09:16:28 / 9:16 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermit, Carlsbad, Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 82 km (51 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Kermit (c. 5 700 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 44 km W of Mentone, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.7 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.0639° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.7009° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	44km W of Mentone, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2020-03-26 15:16:28	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2020-03-26 15:41:09	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-360	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	50	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.4	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI	6.109	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	357	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	0.235	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.77 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	49	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	us70008ggn	Id of event.
Event Code	70008ggn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us70008ggn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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