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Minor earthquake 3.4 mag, 4 km E of Falls City, Texas

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Earthquake location 28.981S, -97.973WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.4 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Falls City in Texas on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 3.2959 km, -97.973° West, 28.981° North. The 3.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 10:55:40 / 10:55 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 3.2959 km (2 miles). Global time and date of event 02/05/24 / 2024-05-02 10:55:40 / May 2, 2024 @ 10:55 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvpg, tx2024ipta. Id of event: tx2024ipta.

Event epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was New Braunfels, Lackland Air Force Base, Gonzales.

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. 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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 4 km E of Falls City, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.973° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.981° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.2959 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4 km E of Falls 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 2024-05-02 10:55:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-07 10:18:29 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 14 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 184 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network tx The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 15 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 64 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 tx2024ipta Id of event.
Event Code 2024ipta An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000mvpg,tx2024ipta, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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