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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Ackerly in Texas


Earthquake location 32.3971S, -102.0137WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. Exact location of event, depth 2.337 km, -102.0137° West, 32.3971° North. Event id: us7000nef4. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nef4. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 05:46:36 / 5:46 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 05:46:36 / September 17, 2024 @ 5:46 am. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.337 km (1 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 45 km (28 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop).

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

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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: 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.0137° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.3971° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.337 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-09-17 05:46:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 05:59:09 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 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 49 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.297 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 29 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 us7000nef4 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nef4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nef4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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