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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Pleasanton in Texas


Earthquake location 29.0047S, -98.3033WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pleasanton in Texas. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Unique identifier: us7000nsh7. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000nsh7. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -98.3033° West, 29.0047° North. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 19:28:02 / November 18, 2024 @ 7:28 pm. The temblor was detected at 19:28:02 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter).

Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 80 km (49 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 60 km (38 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Beeville, Timberwood Park, New Braunfels. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 17 km ENE of Pleasanton, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.3033° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 29.0047° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 17 km ENE 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 2024-11-18 19:28:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 19:34:44 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 1 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.6 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 234 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 18 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.303 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.64 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 57 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 us7000nsh7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000nsh7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nsh7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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