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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag has occurred near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.565S, -104.107WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Monday. Global time and date of event 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 23:49:31 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:49 pm UTC/GMT. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000necp, tx2024shal. Unique identifier: tx2024shal. The temblor was reported at 23:49:31 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.8435 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 5.8435 km, -104.107° West, 31.565° North.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pecos.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days eighteen and in the last 365 days eighty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 40 km NW of Toyah, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.107° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.565° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.8435 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 40 km NW 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 2024-09-16 23:49:31 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 12:36:42 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 129 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 30 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 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 63 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 tx2024shal Id of event.
Event Code 2024shal An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000necp,tx2024shal, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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