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Minor earthquake, 3.9 mag has occurred near Pleasanton in Texas


Earthquake location 28.948S, -98.302WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Pleasanton in Texas. Event id: tx2024wrun. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nsh7, tx2024wrun. The temblor was reported at 19:28:01 / 7:28 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 18/11/24 / 2024-11-18 19:28:01 / November 18, 2024 @ 7:28 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 3.6865 km (2 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -98.302 West, latitude 28.948 North, depth = 3.6865 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from New Braunfels (c. 57 700 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). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Timberwood Park, New Braunfels, Beeville (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days fifteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.302° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.948° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 3.6865 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 2024-11-18 19:28:01 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-11-18 19:48:27 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 6 The total number of felt reports
CDI 5.2 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 4.585 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 237 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 28 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 0.1 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 73 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 tx2024wrun Id of event.
Event Code 2024wrun An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nsh7,tx2024wrun, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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