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Minor earthquake: M3.5 quake has struck near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.6145S, -104.0033WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.5 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/10/24 / 2024-10-17 11:44:25 / October 17, 2024 @ 11:44 am. Exact location of event, depth 9.191 km, -104.0033° West, 31.6145° North. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.191 km (6 miles). The 3.5-magnitude earthquake was detected at 11:44:25 / 11:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000nzbv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000nzbv.

The epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days ninety-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each 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. 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: 38 km NNW of Toyah, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.0033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.6145° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 9.191 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 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 11:44:25 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-10-17 11:58:11 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 3.94 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 188 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 ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 31 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.065 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.21 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 77 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mwr The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000nzbv Id of event.
Event Code 6000nzbv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000nzbv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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