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Minor earthquake 3.2 mag, 39 km NNW of Toyah, Texas


Earthquake location 31.617S, -104.004WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Thursday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -104.004 West, latitude 31.617 North, depth = 8.0096 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 11:44:26 / October 17, 2024 @ 11:44 am UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzbv, tx2024uktd. Id of event: tx2024uktd. The 3.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:44:26 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.0096 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 53 km (33 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days ninety-six 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 39 km NNW of Toyah, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.004° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.617° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 8.0096 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km NNW 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 2024-10-17 11:44:26 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 12:11:29 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 3.601 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 158 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 18 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 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 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 tx2024uktd Id of event.
Event Code 2024uktd An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzbv,tx2024uktd, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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