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Minor earthquake, 3.5 mag was detected near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.6677S, -104.1945WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 54 kilometers (34 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Wednesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10.052 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000n9xs. Unique identifier: us6000n9xs. Exact location, longitude -104.1945° West, latitude 31.6677° North, depth = 10.052 km. The temblor was detected at 00:04:35 / 12:04 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 03/07/24 / 2024-07-03 00:04:35 / July 3, 2024 @ 12:04 am.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (45 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days fourty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 54 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.1945° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6677° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.052 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 2024-07-03 00:04:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-03 00:14:53 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 188 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 29 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.224 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.34 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 107 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 us6000n9xs Id of event.
Event Code 6000n9xs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000n9xs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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