Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Westbrook in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Westbrook in Texas on Thursday. The temblor was reported at 20:31:50 / 8:31 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: tx2024kcvo. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024kcvo. Exact location, longitude -101.041° West, latitude 32.387° North, depth = 4.3213 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 4.3213 km (3 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 23/05/24 / 2024-05-23 20:31:50 / May 23, 2024 @ 8:31 pm.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Big Spring, Snyder (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 44 km (27 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days three 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. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 4 km NW of Westbrook, 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	-101.041° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.387° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	4.3213 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	4 km NW of Westbrook, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-23 20:31:50	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-23 20:50:11	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	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,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	25	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2	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	44	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	tx2024kcvo	Id of event.
Event Code	2024kcvo	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024kcvo,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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