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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Toyah in Texas

Posted by admin on August 30, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.593S, -103.983WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Friday. Exact time and date of earthquake 30/08/24 / 2024-08-30 05:00:41 / August 30, 2024 @ 5:00 am UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.9014 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -103.983° West, 31.593° North, depth 7.9014 km. The temblor was reported at 05:00:41 / 5:00 am (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: tx2024ranr. Unique identifier: tx2024ranr.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).

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 seven, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days seventy-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 35 km NNW of Toyah, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.983° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.593° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 7.9014 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 2024-08-30 05:00:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-08-30 05:34:25 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 automatic 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 16 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 0.4 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 59 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 tx2024ranr Id of event.
Event Code 2024ranr An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024ranr, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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