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Minor earthquake 2.9 mag, 34 km NNW of Toyah, Texas

Posted by admin on December 16, 2024 0 Comments

Earthquake location 31.597S, -103.943WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Toyah in Texas. Event id: tx2024yrbf. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nzc7, tx2024yrbf. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -103.943 West, latitude 31.597 North, depth = 6.4335 km. The 2.9-magnitude earthquake was detected at 20:41:12 / 8:41 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 20:41:12 / December 16, 2024 @ 8:41 pm. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 6.4335 km (4 miles).

Epicenter of the event was 47 km (29 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

There are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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. 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: 34 km NNW of Toyah, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -103.943° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.597° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 6.4335 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 34 km NNW of Toyah, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2024-12-16 20:41:12 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2024-12-16 20:49:16 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 automatic 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.5 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 79 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 tx2024yrbf Id of event.
Event Code 2024yrbf An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000nzc7,tx2024yrbf, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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