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Minor earthquake, 2.9 mag strikes near Toyah in Texas


Earthquake location 31.5748S, -104.1906WA minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (ml/mb) strikes 47 kilometers (29 miles) from Toyah in Texas on Thursday. Exact location of event, depth 5 km, -104.1906° West, 31.5748° North. The temblor was detected at 07:15:56 / 7:15 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/06/20 / 2020-06-11 07:15:56 / June 11, 2020 @ 7:15 am. Unique identifier: us6000a9rn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000a9rn. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5 km (3 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Earthquake epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Pecos (c. 8 800 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pecos. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. 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. 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: 47 km NW of Toyah, Texas.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 2.9 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -104.1906° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5748° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 5 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 47 km NW of Toyah, Texas Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2020-06-11 07:15:56 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2020-06-11 14:25:21 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 129 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 0.28 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.44 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 55 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type ml The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000a9rn Id of event.
Event Code 6000a9rn An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000a9rn, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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