Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Dilley in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Dilley in Texas. Event id: tx2024wakr. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: tx2024wakr. Exact location of earthquake, -99.117° West, 28.683° North, depth 9.0088 km. The temblor was detected at 07:10:29 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 9.0088 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 09/11/24 / 2024-11-09 07:10:29 / November 9, 2024 @ 7:10 am.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 23 km (15 miles) from Pearsall (c. 9 100 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Pleasanton (c. 8 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Hondo (c. 8 800 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Crystal City (c. 7 100 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Carrizo Springs (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carrizo Springs, Hondo, Pleasanton.

Every year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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 information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 5 km ENE of Dilley, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-99.117° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.683° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.0088 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	5 km ENE of Dilley, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-09 07:10:29	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-09 07:52:13	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	121	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	27	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.2	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.3 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	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	tx2024wakr	Id of event.
Event Code	2024wakr	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,tx2024wakr,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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