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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag was detected near Hermleigh in Texas


Earthquake location 32.746S, -100.655WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas on Tuesday. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ner6, tx2024ojdc. Unique identifier: tx2024ojdc. The temblor was detected at 04:56:50 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, depth 7.0068 km, -100.655° West, 32.746° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.0068 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 23/07/24 / 2024-07-23 04:56:50 / July 23, 2024 @ 4:56 am.

The epicenter was 25 km (15 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum 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 have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 15 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.655° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.746° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.0068 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 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 04:56:50 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-07-23 05:25:43 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.1 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 148 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 ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 22 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 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 54 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 tx2024ojdc Id of event.
Event Code 2024ojdc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000ner6,tx2024ojdc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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