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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 4 km NE of Irving, Texas

Posted by admin on January 7, 2015 7 Comments

Earthquake location 32.8412S, -96.9113WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (mg/mb) has striked on Wednesday, 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Irving in Texas. The temblor was reported at 12:59:03 / 12:59 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). Global time of event 2015-01-07 06:59:03 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -96.9113 West, latitude 32.8412 North, depth 5 km.

Close countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 12 km (7 miles) from Dallas (c. 1 197 800 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Fort Worth (c. 741 200 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from Arlington (c. 365 400 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Plano (c. 259 800 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Garland (c. 226 900 pop). Nearest city, towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Decatur, Cleburne, Anna.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -96.9113° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 32.8412° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 4km NE of Irving, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2015-01-07 06:59:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2015-01-07 07:12:09 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 106 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.3 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 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 193 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 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.566 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.71 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 38 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 usc000tcc6 Id of event.
Event Code c000tcc6 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS usc000tcc6 A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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  1. James

    i felt it! felt like something hit the apartment building i live in
    dog ran from bedroom and got under the chair im sitting in

    January 7, 2015
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  2. Mal

    Felt Irving 183/Macarthur

    January 7, 2015
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  3. Jess

    I think I have had enough of these today. I think we should stop…yep works for me!

    January 7, 2015
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  4. Linda

    Yeh this last one has creeped me out

    January 7, 2015
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  5. Marqui

    10 in a day

    January 7, 2015
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  6. Adrienne

    It scared the crap out of me. This is not fun or exciting. I’m really afraid of what might happen when a huge hit. I know what to do incase of fires, tornadoes, and flooding but an earthquake…. I don’t know. #dallasearthquake

    January 7, 2015
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  7. Celeste

    Taylor Hudson

    January 7, 2015
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