Minor earthquake: M3.2 quake has struck near Mentone in Texas

A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.2 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Mentone in Texas on Monday. The temblor was reported at 06:48:17 / 6:48 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6.7151 km (4 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/12/24 / 2024-12-16 06:48:17 / December 16, 2024 @ 6:48 am. Event id: tx2024ypzo. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000nz7b, tx2024ypzo. Exact location of event, depth 6.7151 km, -104.027° West, 31.634° North.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 56 km (35 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. 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 eleven 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.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km W of Mentone, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-104.027° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	31.634° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	6.7151 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	41 km W of Mentone, 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 06:48:17	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2024-12-16 07:03:06	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	3.953	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	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	33	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	0.1 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	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	tx2024ypzo	Id of event.
Event Code	2024ypzo	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000nz7b,tx2024ypzo,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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