Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag was detected near Hermleigh in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Hermleigh in Texas. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.6419 West, latitude 32.7534 North, depth = 1.653 km. The temblor was reported at 01:00:01 / 1:00 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 1.653 km (1 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 11/08/24 / 2024-08-11 01:00:01 / August 11, 2024 @ 1:00 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000njfh. Unique identifier: us6000njfh.

Epicenter of the event was 26 km (16 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Sweetwater, Snyder. Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days twenty-two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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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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: 17 km NE of Hermleigh, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-100.6419° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.7534° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.653 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	2024-08-11 01:00:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-08-11 01:07:14	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	26	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.115	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	37	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	us6000njfh	Id of event.
Event Code	6000njfh	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000njfh,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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