Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag strikes near Mansfield in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Mansfield in Texas. Exact location of event, longitude -97.15 West, latitude 32.495 North, depth = 5.7861 km. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:03:23 / 6:03 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.7861 km (4 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 01/05/24 / 2024-05-01 18:03:23 / May 1, 2024 @ 6:03 pm. Event id: tx2024iolq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000mvhq, tx2024iolq.

Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Dallas (c. 1 197 800 pop), 30 km (19 miles) from Fort Worth (c. 741 200 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Arlington (c. 365 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Plano (c. 259 800 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Garland (c. 226 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Denton, Kaufman, Frisco.

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 7 km S of Mansfield, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-97.15° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.495° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	5.7861 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	7 km S of Mansfield, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-05-01 18:03:23	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-05-09 15:43:33	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	113	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	204	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	17	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	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	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	tx2024iolq	Id of event.
Event Code	2024iolq	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000mvhq,tx2024iolq,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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