A minor earthquake magnitude 3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Falls City in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.8564 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:14:20 / 3:14 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -98.072 West, latitude 28.954 North, depth = 2.8564 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 15/05/24 / 2024-05-15 15:14:20 / May 15, 2024 @ 3:14 pm UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: tx2024jnvb. Ids that are associated to the event: tx2024jnvb, us6000myr6.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cuero, Selma, Live Oak (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter 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). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
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 has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 6 km WSW of Falls City, Texas.
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