Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake has struck near Pleasanton in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) was reported 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pleasanton in Texas on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 15/11/24 / 2024-11-15 14:17:41 / November 15, 2024 @ 2:17 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 6.543 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude -98.301 West, latitude 28.949 North, depth = 6.543 km. The temblor was reported at 14:17:41 / 2:17 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: tx2024wlxu. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nrz3, tx2024wlxu.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Seguin, Selma, Live Oak (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 76 km (47 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). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 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 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 17 km E of Pleasanton, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-98.301° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.949° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.543 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 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 14:17:41	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-15 14:41:04	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	129	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	25	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	34	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	tx2024wlxu	Id of event.
Event Code	2024wlxu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nrz3,tx2024wlxu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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