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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Christine in Texas

Posted by admin on August 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.75S, -98.246WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 24 kilometers (15 miles) from Christine in Texas. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024qbtx. Id of event: tx2024qbtx. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 2.124 km (1 miles). The temblor was reported at 15:43:48 / 3:43 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, -98.246° West, 28.75° North, depth 2.124 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 16/08/24 / 2024-08-16 15:43:48 / August 16, 2024 @ 3:43 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beeville, Floresville, Pleasanton. Epicenter of the earthquake was 62 km (39 miles) from Beeville (c. 12 900 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Pleasanton (c. 8 900 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Floresville (c. 6 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four 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: 24 km E of Christine, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.246° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.75° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.124 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 24 km E of Christine, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-16 15:43:48 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-16 16:53:38 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 25 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 44 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 tx2024qbtx Id of event.
Event Code 2024qbtx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024qbtx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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