Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Toyah in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Monday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/09/24 / 2024-09-16 23:49:31 / September 16, 2024 @ 11:49 pm. The epicenter was at a depth of 8.221 km (5 miles). The temblor was reported at 23:49:31 / 11:49 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us7000necp. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024shal, us7000necp. Exact location of event, depth 8.221 km, -104.1092° West, 31.5563° North.

Epicenter of the earthquake 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. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

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-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km NW of Toyah, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.1092° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.5563° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.221 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 00:13:44	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	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,tx,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.172	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.62 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	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	us7000necp	Id of event.
Event Code	7000necp	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024shal,us7000necp,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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