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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 14 km SSW of Nixon, Texas

Posted by admin on July 8, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 29.1418S, -97.7977WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Nixon in Texas. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:06:14 / 10:06 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000mxx1. Event ids that are associated: tx2024nizx, us7000mxx1. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 08/07/24 / 2024-07-08 22:06:14 / July 8, 2024 @ 10:06 pm. Exact location, longitude -97.7977° West, latitude 29.1418° North, depth = 10.927 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10.927 km (7 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Alamo Heights, San Antonio, Live Oak (min 5000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 14 km SSW of Nixon, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.7977° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.1418° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10.927 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km SSW of Nixon, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-08 22:06:14 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-08 22:31:46 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 us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,tx,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.068 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.41 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 117 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb_lg The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000mxx1 Id of event.
Event Code 7000mxx1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024nizx,us7000mxx1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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