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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.6S, -103.9546WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Toyah in Texas. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/08/24 / 2024-08-17 00:08:05 / August 17, 2024 @ 12:08 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was reported at 00:08:05 / 12:08 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -103.9546 West, latitude 31.6 North, depth = 7.851 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 7.851 km (5 miles). Id of earthquake: us7000n7jb. Event ids that are associated: us7000n7jb.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 48 km (30 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 35 km NNW of Toyah, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.9546° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.851 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km NNW of Toyah, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-08-17 00:08:05 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-17 00:17:29 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 148 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.045 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.42 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 101 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 us7000n7jb Id of event.
Event Code 7000n7jb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000n7jb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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