Minor earthquake, 3.2 mag was detected near Stanton in Texas

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Stanton in Texas on Monday. Id of earthquake: us7000nsh8. Event ids that are associated: us7000nsh8. Exact location of earthquake, -101.8215° West, 32.3088° North, depth 1.24 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 19:28:30 / November 18, 2024 @ 7:28 pm. The temblor was reported at 19:28:30 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 1.24 km (1 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 42 km (26 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Big Spring (c. 27 300 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Lamesa (c. 9 400 pop). Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Odessa, Andrews, Lamesa (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km N of Stanton, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-101.8215° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	32.3088° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	1.24 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	20 km N of Stanton, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-11-18 19:28:30	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-11-18 19:46:06	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	158	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	16	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.33	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.45 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	65	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb_lg	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000nsh8	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nsh8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nsh8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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