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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Rotan in Texas


Earthquake location 32.773S, -100.629WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Rotan in Texas on Thursday. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000n759, tx2024pzsb. Unique identifier: tx2024pzsb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 15/08/24 / 2024-08-15 12:31:13 / August 15, 2024 @ 12:31 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 3.2471 km (2 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:31:13 / 12:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude -100.629 West, latitude 32.773 North, depth = 3.2471 km.

Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Snyder (c. 11 200 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Sweetwater (c. 10 900 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Sweetwater, Snyder. Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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

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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: 17 km WSW of Rotan, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -100.629° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.773° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.2471 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km WSW of Rotan, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-15 12:31:13 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-15 12:49:43 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 ,us,tx, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 70 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 tx2024pzsb Id of event.
Event Code 2024pzsb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n759,tx2024pzsb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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