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Minor earthquake, 3.3 mag was detected near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.6697S, -104.196WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -104.196° West, latitude 31.6697° North, depth = 5.995 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 5.995 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 3.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:49:17 / 2:49 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/05/24 / 2024-05-28 02:49:17 / May 28, 2024 @ 2:49 am. Event id: us6000n1dt. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000n1dt.

Event epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.196° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6697° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.995 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 2024-05-28 02:49:17 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-05-28 03:03:40 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 168 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, 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 0.059 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.26 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 112 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 us6000n1dt Id of event.
Event Code 6000n1dt An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n1dt, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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