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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas


Earthquake location 32.7439S, -100.6229WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. The temblor was reported at 12:19:27 / 12:19 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 1.614 km, -100.6229° West, 32.7439° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 1.614 km (1 miles). Id of earthquake: us6000netv. Event ids that are associated: us6000netv. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 12:19:27 / July 23, 2024 @ 12:19 pm.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 28 km (17 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.6229° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.7439° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 1.614 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km NE 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 12:19:27 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 12:33:55 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 129 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 34 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.121 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.68 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 us6000netv Id of event.
Event Code 6000netv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000netv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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