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Minor earthquake 3.1 mag, 11 km NE of Odessa, Texas


Earthquake location 31.924S, -102.2858WA minor earthquake magnitude 3.1 (ml/mb) strikes 11 kilometers (7 miles) from Odessa in Texas on Tuesday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/04/20 / 2020-04-21 06:29:45 / April 21, 2020 @ 6:29 am. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -102.2858 West, latitude 31.924 North, depth = 5 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 5 km (3 miles). The temblor was reported at 00:29:45 / 12:29 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us700090vx. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us700090vx.

Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kermit, Monahans, Andrews (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 21 km (13 miles) from Midland (c. 111 100 pop), 12 km (7 miles) from Odessa (c. 99 900 pop), 22 km (14 miles) from West Odessa (c. 22 700 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Andrews (c. 11 100 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Monahans (c. 7 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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 six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 11 km NE of Odessa, Texas. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -102.2858° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.924° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 11km NE of Odessa, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-04-21 06:29:45 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-04-21 06:42:34 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset -360 Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 25 The total number of felt reports
CDI 3.8 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 157 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 0.297 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.6 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 35 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 us700090vx Id of event.
Event Code 700090vx An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us700090vx, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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