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Moderate earthquake, 5.1 mag was detected near Ackerly in Texas

Posted by admin on September 17, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 32.414S, -102.057WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ackerly in Texas. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: tx2024shcj. Event ids that are associated: us7000necw, tx2024shcj. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/24 / 2024-09-17 00:49:41 / September 17, 2024 @ 12:49 am. Exact location of earthquake, -102.057° West, 32.414° North, depth 8.7646 km. The 5.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:49:41 / 12:49 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.7646 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Hobbs, Brownfield, West Odessa. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 106 km (66 miles) from Hobbs (c. 34 100 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Brownfield (c. 9 700 pop).

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 have been detected in the same area. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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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 data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.057° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.414° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.7646 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 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 00:49:41 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-09-17 01:09:53 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 105 The total number of felt reports
CDI 6.4 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 5.582 The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level green 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 467 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 28 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 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 86 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 tx2024shcj Id of event.
Event Code 2024shcj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000necw,tx2024shcj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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