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Minor earthquake 2.8 mag, 10 km E of North Pearsall, Texas


Earthquake location 28.932S, -98.9947WA minor earthquake with magnitude 2.8 (ml/mb) was reported 10 kilometers (6 miles) from North Pearsall in Texas on Tuesday. The temblor was reported at 22:37:49 / 10:37 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5.885 km (4 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q4uj. Id of event: us6000q4uj. Exact location of event, longitude -98.9947 West, latitude 28.932 North, depth = 5.885 km. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/04/25 / 2025-04-08 22:37:49 / April 8, 2025 @ 10:37 pm UTC/GMT.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lakehills, San Antonio, Leon Valley (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Leon Valley (c. 10 200 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Lackland Air Force Base (c. 9 900 pop), 11 km (7 miles) from Pearsall (c. 9 100 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Pleasanton (c. 8 900 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km E of North Pearsall, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.8 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.9947° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.932° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5.885 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km E of North Pearsall, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-08 22:37:49 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-08 22:56:17 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 10 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.112 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.74 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 75 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 us6000q4uj Id of event.
Event Code 6000q4uj An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q4uj, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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