Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag strikes near Ackerly in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) was reported 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ackerly in Texas on Friday. The 3.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 18:34:22 / 6:34 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/10/24 / 2024-10-18 18:34:22 / October 18, 2024 @ 6:34 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.3721 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000nzld, tx2024uncf. Id of event: tx2024uncf. Exact location of earthquake, -102.059° West, 32.412° North, depth 6.3721 km.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 46 km (29 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 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). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was West Odessa, Odessa, Seminole (min 5000 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-three 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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-102.059° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.412° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.3721 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	2024-10-18 18:34:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-10-18 18:48:46	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	148	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	16	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	48	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	tx2024uncf	Id of event.
Event Code	2024uncf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000nzld,tx2024uncf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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