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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag strikes near Pleasanton in Texas

Posted by admin on November 15, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.948S, -98.31WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Pleasanton in Texas on Friday. Exact location, longitude -98.31° West, latitude 28.948° North, depth = 2.8564 km. The 2.8-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:51:18 / 11:51 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 2.8564 km (2 miles). Id of earthquake: tx2024wlsy. Event ids that are associated: tx2024wlsy. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 11:51:18 / November 15, 2024 @ 11:51 am.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 56 km (35 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Seguin, Pearsall, Selma.

Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days nine 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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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 16 km E of Pleasanton, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.31° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 2.8564 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 16 km E of Pleasanton, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-11-15 11:51:18 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-15 12:06:17 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 32 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 0.2 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 tx2024wlsy Id of event.
Event Code 2024wlsy An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,tx2024wlsy, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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