Minor earthquake: M2.8 quake has struck near Toyah in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas. Event id: tx2024ktzs. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000mpkt, tx2024ktzs. The temblor was picked up at 05:56:13 / 5:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.197 West, latitude 31.68 North, depth = 7.7917 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.7917 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/06/24 / 2024-06-02 05:56:13 / June 2, 2024 @ 5:56 am.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 73 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days twenty-four and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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: 55 km NW of Toyah, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.197° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.68° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.7917 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	55 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	2024-06-02 05:56:13	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-02 06:08:42	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	,us,tx,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	27	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	0.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	68	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	tx2024ktzs	Id of event.
Event Code	2024ktzs	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000mpkt,tx2024ktzs,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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