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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Hermleigh in Texas

Posted by admin on July 23, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.769S, -100.664WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas on Tuesday. Exact location, longitude -100.664° West, latitude 32.769° North, depth = 2.6611 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.6611 km (2 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:43:21 / 3:43 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 03:43:21 / July 23, 2024 @ 3:43 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: tx2024ojaa. Ids that are associated to the event: tx2024ojaa.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sweetwater, Snyder. The epicenter was 24 km (15 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop).

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

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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: 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, 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 -100.664° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.769° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.6611 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NNE of Hermleigh, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-07-23 03:43:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 15:09:18 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 ,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 14 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 78 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 tx2024ojaa Id of event.
Event Code 2024ojaa An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024ojaa, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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