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Minor earthquake: M3 quake has struck near Mentone in Texas

Posted by admin on October 15, 2020 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.7335S, -104.0962WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Mentone in Texas on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -104.0962° West, 31.7335° North. The temblor was detected at 04:29:31 / 4:29 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/10/20 / 2020-10-15 04:29:31 / October 15, 2020 @ 4:29 am. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000c8f9. Id of event: us6000c8f9.

The epicenter was 77 km (48 miles) from Carlsbad (c. 26 100 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carlsbad, Pecos (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 47 km W of Mentone, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.0962° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.7335° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km 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 2020-10-15 04:29:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-10-15 04:47:13 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset 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 138 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 0.208 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.29 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 61 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000c8f9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000c8f9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000c8f9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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