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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas

Posted by admin on February 22, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.8805S, -98.1926WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) strikes 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Falls City in Texas on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 15:47:30 / February 22, 2025 @ 3:47 pm. The temblor was picked up at 15:47:30 / 3:47 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Exact location of event, longitude -98.1926 West, latitude 28.8805 North, depth = 5 km. Id of earthquake: us7000pfgp. Event ids that are associated: us7000pfgp.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 67 km (42 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 75 km (46 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Cibolo (c. 15 300 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cibolo, Schertz, Universal City (min 5000 pop).

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 three, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 1,300,000 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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.1926° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.8805° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km WSW 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 2025-02-22 15:47:30 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-22 16:21:24 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 0.315 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.38 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 74 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 us7000pfgp Id of event.
Event Code 7000pfgp An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pfgp, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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