Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Falls City in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Falls City in Texas on Wednesday. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 04:41:45 / 4:41 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.8838 km (4 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 04:41:45 / May 15, 2024 @ 4:41 am. All ids that are associated to the event: tx2024jnaf, us6000myny. Unique identifier: tx2024jnaf. Exact location of event, depth 5.8838 km, -98.072° West, 28.954° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Selma, Live Oak, Lackland Air Force Base.

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, 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. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 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: 6 km WSW of Falls City, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.072° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.954° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.8838 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km WSW 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	2024-05-15 04:41:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-16 03:02:05	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	2	The total number of felt reports
CDI	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	121	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	16	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	46	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	tx2024jnaf	Id of event.
Event Code	2024jnaf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024jnaf,us6000myny,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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