Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag has occurred near Hilltop in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Hilltop in Texas on Saturday. Id of earthquake: us7000nyt2. Event ids that are associated: us7000nyt2. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 14/12/24 / 2024-12-14 05:45:15 / December 14, 2024 @ 5:45 am. Exact location, longitude -99.1068° West, latitude 28.7015° North, depth = 7.067 km. The temblor was reported at 05:45:15 / 5:45 am (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 7.067 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 21 km (13 miles) from Pearsall (c. 9 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Pleasanton (c. 8 900 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Hondo (c. 8 800 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Crystal City (c. 7 100 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Carrizo Springs (c. 5 400 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Carrizo Springs, Hondo, Crystal City (min 5000 pop).

There are an estimated 1,300,000 minor quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days thirteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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 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: 6 km E of Hilltop, Texas.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-99.1068° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	28.7015° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.067 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	6 km E of Hilltop, Texas	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2024-12-14 05:45:15	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-14 05:58:47	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	3.1	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	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	14	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.183	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	54	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	us7000nyt2	Id of event.
Event Code	7000nyt2	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nyt2,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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