Minor earthquake: M3.3 quake has struck near Robert Lee in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Robert Lee in Texas. The temblor was reported at 13:21:58 / 1:21 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.74 West, latitude 32.01 North, depth = 7.9102 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 7.9102 km (5 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/06/24 / 2024-06-23 13:21:58 / June 23, 2024 @ 1:21 pm. Id of earthquake: tx2024mgxx. Event ids that are associated: tx2024mgxx.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Snyder, Big Spring, San Angelo. The epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Angelo (c. 93 200 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes 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 one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 27 km WNW of Robert Lee, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-100.74° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.01° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.9102 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	27 km WNW of Robert Lee, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-06-23 13:21:58	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-06-23 13:51:34	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	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	29	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.3	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	102	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	tx2024mgxx	Id of event.
Event Code	2024mgxx	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024mgxx,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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