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Minor earthquake, 2.8 mag was detected near Falls City in Texas

Posted by admin on February 5, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.9207S, -97.9754WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Falls City in Texas. Id of earthquake: us7000pbjb. Event ids that are associated: us7000pbjb. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 05/02/25 / 2025-02-05 12:23:57 / February 5, 2025 @ 12:23 pm. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -97.9754 West, latitude 28.9207 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 12:23:57 / 12:23 pm (local time epicenter).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Windcrest, Universal City, Schertz.

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

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 8 km SSE of Falls City, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -97.9754° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.9207° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSE of Falls City, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-05 12:23:57 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-05 12:59:38 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 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 12 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.16 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.16 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 84 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 us7000pbjb Id of event.
Event Code 7000pbjb An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pbjb, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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