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Minor earthquake, 3.1 mag has occurred near Poth in Texas

Posted by admin on April 26, 2018 0 Comments

Earthquake location 28.9511S, -98.0805WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Poth in Texas on Thursday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 26/04/18 / 2018-04-26 18:49:47 / April 26, 2018 @ 6:49 pm. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 4.66 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -98.0805 West, latitude 28.9511 North, depth = 4.66 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us1000dsw1. Id of event: us1000dsw1. The temblor was reported at 12:49:47 / 12:49 pm (local time epicenter).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from San Antonio (c. 1 327 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Schertz (c. 31 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Seguin (c. 25 200 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Universal City (c. 18 500 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Converse (c. 18 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Leon Valley, Cuero, Selma (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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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, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 13 km S of Poth, Texas. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -98.0805° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 28.9511° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 4.66 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13km S of Poth, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2018-04-26 18:49:47 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2018-04-26 19:05:18 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 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 148 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 0.257 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.83 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 65 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 us1000dsw1 Id of event.
Event Code 1000dsw1 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us1000dsw1, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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