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Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.671S, -104.188WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.0999 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Id of earthquake: tx2024izob. Event ids that are associated: tx2024izob, us6000mx23. Exact location of earthquake, -104.188° West, 31.671° North, depth 6.0999 km. The temblor was detected at 19:47:18 / 7:47 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 07/05/24 / 2024-05-07 19:47:18 / May 7, 2024 @ 7:47 pm.

Close 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 Pecos. Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been thirteen, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days nineteen 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.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.188° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.671° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.0999 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-05-07 19:47:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-14 19:28:24 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 2.2 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 168 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 ,tx,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 30 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 0.1 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 tx2024izob Id of event.
Event Code 2024izob An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024izob,us6000mx23, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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