Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 17 km NE of Tilden, Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Tilden in Texas. The temblor was reported at 15:16:19 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/09/24 / 2024-09-21 15:16:19 / September 21, 2024 @ 3:16 pm. Event id: tx2024spna. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024spna. Exact location of event, depth 7.251 km, -98.42° West, 28.575° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.251 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Beeville (c. 12 900 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Pearsall (c. 9 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Pleasanton (c. 8 900 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Floresville (c. 6 400 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pearsall, Beeville, Floresville.

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 17 km NE of Tilden, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.42° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.575° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.251 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km NE of Tilden, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-09-21 15:16:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-09-21 15:34:24	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	,tx,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	17	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1	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	76	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	tx2024spna	Id of event.
Event Code	2024spna	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024spna,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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